‘I don’t want to be here. But we can’t go home’: what life is like for people forced to flee floods and fighting

In 2024 , the number of internally displaced people around the world reached 83.4 m, the highest figure ever recorded.

Men, women, children, whole families and generations have been forced to flee their homes as a result of conflict, violence, or natural disasters.

Here, three people tell us what it has meant to be forced from their homes.

Bangladesh is one of the world's most climate-vulnerable countries.

In 2024 , Sudan hosted 11.6 million internally displaced people, the most ever recorded in a single country.

Mubarak Ibrahim is 50 and his family were forced to flee his village, which is Zaghawa , an African ethnic group repeatedly targeted by the RSF .

Rosmira Campos is a leader and spokesperson for the Emberá-Katío Indigenous people in Colombia .

The army has been fumigating the area with chemicals since 2015 to prevent the armed men from growing coca crops, and it seems to have devastated the entire natural environment.

My region is incredibly green and mountainous, with waterfalls and clear, pristine rivers flowing through it.

I make artisanal goods such as bracelets, necklaces and clothing.