Neglected displacement crises

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They are drawn with one continuous line." src="/cdn-cgi/image/width=1400,format=auto,fit=crop,height=467/globalassets/fr2024/neglected/shoeprint_v2.png" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></picture> <div class="article-page__top-title article-page__top-title--wide article-page__top-title--within-image"> <div class="article-page__title"> <br /> <h1 ><span>Neglected displacement crises</span></h1> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-page__banner-description"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-page-container"> <div class="article-page-content-item"> <div class="article-page__intro-container"> <div class="article-page__intro" > The media chooses what you hear. And they are neglecting to tell you about some of the worst displacement crises in the world. </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-page-container"> <div class="article-page__author-container"> <div class="article-page__author-history"> <span>Updated 17. Feb 2025</span> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="article-page__content-container article-page-container article-page-content--desktop-800"> <section class="article-page__content"> <div class="main-body__container"> <div class="article-page__main-body-text richtext" > <p>How many articles have you seen published about the world’s biggest displacement crisis in Sudan? Or the severe hunger crisis sweeping through the resource-rich Democratic Republic of the Congo? How often do you hear journalists reference the number of people who rely on aid in the Sahel?</p> <p>When information about these crises doesn’t reach you, it’s easier for global leaders to ignore. And it’s much harder for humanitarian organisations, like the Norwegian Refugee Council, to attract funding to support those in need. As a result, millions of people suffer in silence.</p> <p><strong>We’re here to tell you about the crises no one is talking about.<br /><br /></strong></p> </div> </div> </section> <aside class="article-page__right-column layout-hint__narrow"> <div class="article-page__right-column-sticky-container"> <div class="article-page__right-column--top"> <div><div> <div class="page-wrapper htmlblock block-padding block-width--default show--all show--all" > <div class="html richtext"> <table style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f9f9f9;" cellpadding="30px"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 100%; padding: 20px;"> <p><strong><br />You can help end the neglect. 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Or the severe hunger crisis sweeping through the resource-rich Democratic Republic of the Congo? How often do you hear journalists reference the number of people who rely on aid in the Sahel?</p> <p>When information about these crises doesn’t reach you, it’s easier for global leaders to ignore. And it’s much harder for humanitarian organisations, like the Norwegian Refugee Council, to attract funding to support those in need. As a result, millions of people suffer in silence.</p> <p><strong>We’re here to tell you about the crises no one is talking about.<br /><br /></strong></p> </div> </div> </section> </div> <div class="article-page__bottom-content-area article-page-container"> <div><div> <div class="section-header-block block-padding show--all show--all block-width--full"> <div class="section-header-block__line"></div> <h3 class="section-header-block__title">Latest news</h3> <div class="section-header-block__line"></div> </div></div><div> <div class="three-column-html-block block-padding three-column-html-block--separate-background show--all show--all block-width--full"> <div class="three-column-html-block__column three-column-html-block--third"> <div class="three-column-html-block__column-content" style="background-color: #ffffff"> <h3>DR Congo: <strong>Surge in violence</strong></h3> <p>NRC <a title="https://www.nrc.no/news/2025/february/eastern-dr-congo-hundreds-of-thousands-displaced-in-wave-of-extreme-violence" href="/news/2025/february/eastern-dr-congo-hundreds-of-thousands-displaced-in-wave-of-extreme-violence" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-outlook-id="757f8ce7-c93f-477a-b8ec-1048ea999b6c" data-ogsc=""><span data-ogsc="rgb(70, 120, 134)">issued a statement</span></a> about on the recent surge in violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and the humanitarian needs it leaves in its wake. The statement was picked up by <a title="https://www.panoramanyheter.no/nyhetsmelding/ost-kongo-hundretusener-pa-flukt-fra-ekstrem-vold/383349" href="https://www.panoramanyheter.no/nyhetsmelding/ost-kongo-hundretusener-pa-flukt-fra-ekstrem-vold/383349" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-outlook-id="7753f8d9-b972-442e-b56c-9903e8bf8c2e" data-ogsc=""><span data-ogsc="rgb(70, 120, 134)">Panorama Nyheter</span></a>, NTB and <a title="https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-nrc-alerta-impacto-devastador-combates-ejercito-rdc-m23-pide-aumentar-ayuda-20250205131529.html" href="https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-nrc-alerta-impacto-devastador-combates-ejercito-rdc-m23-pide-aumentar-ayuda-20250205131529.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-outlook-id="1f10071c-8765-410b-bc1c-0966da22653f" data-ogsc=""><span data-ogsc="rgb(70, 120, 134)">Europa Press,</span></a> among others.</p> </div> </div> <div class="three-column-html-block__column three-column-html-block--third"> <div class="three-column-html-block__column-content" style="background-color: #ffffff"> <h3>Chad: <strong>Nearly one million displaced from Sudan</strong></h3> <p>NRC issued a <a title="https://www.nrc.no/news/2025/january/war-in-sudan-nearly-one-million-people-forcibly-displaced-to-chad" href="/news/2025/january/war-in-sudan-nearly-one-million-people-forcibly-displaced-to-chad" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-outlook-id="374ee776-ca96-4089-9054-01158736ac1f" data-ogsc=""><span data-ogsc="rgb(70, 120, 134)">joint press release</span></a> highlighting that in the nearly two years since the war broke out in Sudan, almost one million people have fled into neighbouring Chad. Country director Dermot Hegarty spoke to <a title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=k6yX5r_aOZ1cp3ef&v=roT8DU9glzQ&feature=youtu.be" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=k6yX5r_aOZ1cp3ef&v=roT8DU9glzQ&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-outlook-id="5d91f17a-01c7-4ecc-a00b-832dfa9ad09a" data-ogsc=""><span data-ogsc="rgb(70, 120, 134)">Al Hura TV</span></a> about the situation.</p> </div> </div> <div class="three-column-html-block__column three-column-html-block--third"> <div class="three-column-html-block__column-content" style="background-color: #ffffff"> <h3>Sudan:<strong> Malnutrition </strong></h3> <p>Head of operations Tariq Riebl spoke to <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250111-un-says-3-million-sudan-children-facing-acute-malnutrition" target="_blank" rel="noopener">France 24</a> about hunger, famine and malnutrition in Sudan saying, “There is no way for humanitarian assistance alone to plug the gap for 50 million people’s needs, and this is where we need an entire reset for the country in terms of the conflict stopping and then having a resumption of economic activities.”</p> </div> </div> </div></div><div> <div class="page-wrapper htmlblock block-padding block-width--default show--all show--all" > <div class="html richtext"> <p>      </p> </div> </div> </div><div> <div class="page-wrapper htmlblock block-padding block-width--default show--all show--all" > <div class="html richtext"> <p><br />Each year, the Norwegian Refugee Council publish a list of <strong>the ten most neglected and forgotten displacement crises in the world</strong>.</p> <p>The purpose is to focus on the plight of people whose suffering rarely makes international headlines, who receive no or inadequate assistance, and who never become the centre of attention for international diplomacy efforts:</p> </div> </div> </div><div> <div class="page-wrapper block-padding" data-block-type="RawHtmlBlock"> <div class="block"> <a 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