An Analysis of Implications of COVID-19 on Forcible Displaced Persons (FDPs)

Abstract

There are 79.5 million forcibly displaced people in the world, including 45.7 million internally displaced people, 26 million refugees, 4.2 million asylum seekers, and 4.2 million stateless people (UNHCR, 2021). When we look at these figures, we see that about 1% of the world's population is on the move. The more painful point is that about 60% of these people just come from 5 countries: Syria, Venezuela, Afghanistan, South Sudan, and Myanmar. The following figure demonstrated the total number of displaced people during the first half of 2020. Most of these people live, especially in neighbouring countries. But the number of people staying in the camps also cannot be underestimated. People in refugee camps were already having difficulty accessing protective elements such as water, cleaning, hand sanitiser. The situation of people living in urban areas is not different. Factors contributing to low living standards for these people include lack of space, poor health facilities, high...