%T Global trends: forced displacement in 2018 %I United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees %D 2019 %K Refugees, %K Environmental refugees, %K Internal displacement, %K Forced migration %U https://apo.org.au/node/242956 %X The refugee population under UNHCR’s mandate has nearly doubled since 2012. In 2018, the increase was driven particularly by internal displacement in Ethiopia and asylum-seekers fleeing Venezuela. The proportion of the world’s population who were displaced also continued to rise, as the world’s forcibly displaced population grew faster than the global population. %9 Report %A United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees