translated from Spanish: 31000 displaced persons in Mexico for insecurity and climate disasters

Brussels, Belgium.-The violence and climate disasters have generated 31000 new displaced in Mexico during 2018, says a report published by the Observatory of Internal Displacement (IDMC) of the Norwegian Council for Refugees (NRC). Violence related to drug trafficking alone generated 11000 new displacement in the country, with Chiapas, Guerrero, Michoacán, Oaxaca and Sinaloa the most affected entities. ” Internally displaced persons in Guerrero are exposed to extortion and criminality. These security experiences are one of the components of the gravity of displacement, “the document reads. Ciudad Juárez, Culiacan and Tijuana also recorded displacement due to the violent activity of drug trafficking. He argues that the figure could be higher, because data on internal displacement and policies to address it are far from exhaustive, he points out.

The country also recorded between 11000 and 13000 new displaced because of tropical Storm Willa, a storm that hit with winds of up to 220 kilometers per hour the coasts of Jalisco, Colima and Michoacán last October. The number of Mexicans who had to leave their home because of natural disasters reached 20000 last year. In total, the IDMC estimates that there are 338,000 internally displaced persons in the country due to climatic crises, political violence, conflicts caused by land disputes and violence associated with criminal groups.

This figure places Mexico in place 20 of the countries with the largest number of internally displaced people, ahead of Côte d’ivoire, Libya and Mali. “Most future disaster-associated displacement is expected to occur in urban environments,” says Global report.



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