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Detailed explanation-1: -The number of movements in which people fled in search of safety and shelter, sometimes more than once, was also unprecedented in 2022 with the figure of 60.9 million which was up 60 per cent from the previous year.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Census Bureau estimate far exceeds other counts of U.S. evacuees and reflects the uncertainty about how much disruption disasters and climate change are causing. Census figures show that 3.4 million adults were displaced in 2022, or 1.4 percent of the U.S. adult population.

Detailed explanation-3: -Türkiye hosts the largest number of refugees, with 3.7 million people. Colombia is second with more than 2.5 million, including other people in need of international protection. At the end of 2021, of the 89.3 million forcibly displaced people, an estimated 36.5 million (41%) are children below 18 years of age.

Detailed explanation-4: -Displacement refers to people who have been forced from their home by causes such as persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order.