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Our Global Report on Internal Displacement is the world's most trusted source of data and analysis on internal displacement. This year's GRID discusses the relationship between climate change, disasters and displacement, and presents good practices from across the globe in advancing policy, displacement risk reduction and effective response.

Worldwide there are twice as many IDPs as refugees. Lah Paw, displaced more than 10 times in Myanmar, is part of the invisible majority. This short animation is based on a real story of displacement collected in Myanmar. (Photo: Go-Myanmar)

Ten years on from the Arab Spring, several countries in the region are in turmoil. What seemed to be hope for a better future has quickly turned into a nightmare for people who have been forced into displacement and exile. In our first report dedicated to the MENA region we take stock of the scale of conflict displacement since the Arab Spring protests broke out. We also examine disaster displacement in the region, something that has been overshadowed by the prevalence of conflict.