Colombia tops IDMC internally displaced people list
Colombia tops IDMC internally displaced people list
29 April 2013 Last updated at 10:00 ET
Almost 29 million people lived in internal displacement in 2012, with 6.5 million newly displaced just in the past year, a report by the Norwegian Refugee Council suggests.
For the fourth year running, Colombia has the highest number of internally displaced people on the list.
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IDMC Director Kate Halff says that governments are "responsible for finding long-term solutions for their displaced citizens".
The report says that Colombia, with its estimated 4.9 to 5.5 million internally displaced people tops the global list.
It estimates that Colombia's internal armed conflict forced around 230,000 people to flee their homes in 2012.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22341119
