Pakistanis wait for aid at an internally displaced person settlement. The increase in internally displaced people (IDPs), which was 1 million higher than in 2017, suggested that more global crises were long-lasting, said Alexandra Bilak, director of the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).

First published in the May 10, 2019, 8:19 p.m. edition

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