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Vol.1 Issue 60 OCTOBER 2023 ELITE
Then the floor passed to Dr. Hanan, As for the African continent,
who defined forced displacement as a this phenomenon poses a
case of harsh conditions that force
threat to the development
individuals to leave their homes because
process in two ways: the first
of armed conflicts, natural disasters, or
is the diversion of a huge
any other reason. This results in
exposing the displaced to further amount of resources spent on
difficulties in finding safe shelter, and forced displacement instead
basic needs of water, food, and health of allocating them to achieve
care. That’s why this issue is considered sustainable development
one of the most pressing issues in the
goals, and the second is the
world. In that regard, the United
wasted human potential,
Nations High Commissioner for
where highly skilled people
Refugees announced that the number of
displaced and refugees due to wars, are depleted in the search for
persecution, and violence is likely to Maoist and safe housing
reach 114 million in 2023. The most instead of using their skills,
important causes of displacement in the
so traditional solutions must
first half of the year 2023 were as a
be found to face this
result of the war in Ukraine, Sudan,
problem.
Democratic Congo, and Somalia
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