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Reuters: The number of people forced from their homes each year by disasters has quadrupled over the past four decades, and the risk of being displaced has doubled, said a Norwegian humanitarian group.
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), part of the Norwegian Refugee Council, called on governments meeting in Sendai, Japan, later this week to tackle displacement as part of a new global plan to reduce disaster risk worldwide.
The plan's predecessor, the Hyogo Framework for Action, did......
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Mega-disasters and urbanization spur spike in displacement: Report
Posted by Reuters: Megan Rowling on March 12th, 2015
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