most dangerous country in the world. High murder rates, physical violence, extorsions, death threats, kidnappings and feminicides prompt the Salvadorans to flee their homes.
El Salvador ranked first as the country with the largest number of new displacements caused by conflicts in 2021, with a total of 175,000 new displacements. Despite not being at war, gang violence has turned El Salvador into the New internal displacements caused by conflict in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021, by country
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IDMC. (June 1, 2022). New internal displacements caused by conflict in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1265070/new-internal-displacements-conflict-country-lac/
IDMC. "New internal displacements caused by conflict in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021, by country." Chart. June 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1265070/new-internal-displacements-conflict-country-lac/
IDMC. (2022). New internal displacements caused by conflict in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021, by country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1265070/new-internal-displacements-conflict-country-lac/
IDMC. "New Internal Displacements Caused by Conflict in Latin America and The Caribbean in 2021, by Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1265070/new-internal-displacements-conflict-country-lac/
IDMC, New internal displacements caused by conflict in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021, by country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1265070/new-internal-displacements-conflict-country-lac/ (last visited April 25, 2024)
New internal displacements caused by conflict in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021, by country [Graph], IDMC, June 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1265070/new-internal-displacements-conflict-country-lac/