Humanitarian crises: The situation is particularly devastating in these countries

Sudan will continue to top the list of countries with the worst humanitarian crises next year. There is the greatest misery of all time and at the same time the largest displacement crisis in the world, according to the annual “Emergency Watchlist” of the aid organization International Rescue Committee (IRC), which lists a total of 20 countries. The African country with its 50 million inhabitants is heading towards a devastating humanitarian collapse in 2025. Regarding the Gaza Strip, it was said that the risk of famine remained there.

According to the list, the five largest crises are in the following states and regions: Sudan, the occupied Palestinian territories, Myanmar and Syria and South Sudan.

It said 305 million people worldwide are dependent on humanitarian aid. Around 82 percent of these people lived in countries on the list, even though they only make up 11 percent of the world’s population. 77 percent of displaced people worldwide can be traced back to crises in countries on the watch list and more than 30 percent of people living in extreme poverty are at home in the 20 countries listed.

“The concentration of extreme poverty is remarkable,” said IRC President David Miliband. “The world is splitting into two camps: people are born into fragile conflict countries, or they have opportunities in stable states.” This trend must be broken for moral and strategic reasons. On the one hand, it is important to help the weakest. “For strategic reasons, it is important to remember that problems may start in Sudan or Syria, but they do not stay there: instability spreads.”