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People in Afghanistan with food from abroad: Dependent on help
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274 million people will depend on humanitarian aid in 2022 - 39 million more than this year.
This is what the International Rescue Committee (IRC) is assuming.
It publishes its "Emergency Watchlist" every year, an overview of the 20 worst humanitarian crises worldwide.
It looks particularly bleak for people in Afghanistan.
The country is number 1 on the list, ahead of Ethiopia, Yemen, Nigeria and South Sudan.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Myanmar, Somalia, Syria and Sudan there have been almost uninterrupted conflicts over the past ten years, writes the IRC.
In Afghanistan, for example, almost 60 percent of the population depends on humanitarian aid, and almost everyone there (97 percent) is at risk of poverty.
Hardly anyone has enough money to pay the sharp rise in prices for everyday necessities, such as groceries or medicines.
According to the United Nations, more than three million children are at risk of hunger and malnutrition in Afghanistan alone.
A total of 20 countries can be found in the overview.
According to the IRC, they are home to 89 percent of the world's people in humanitarian need.
Around 100 million people alone are affected by "severe food insecurity".
"The crises in these countries are more than unfortunate events," says David Miliband, IRC President and former British Foreign Secretary.
It is about "the failure of an international system that is actually supposed to guarantee peace, prosperity and the rule of law."
The number of people in humanitarian emergency is at a record level.
In order to combat the causes of humanitarian crises, the IRC calls, among other things, to suspend the right of veto in the UN Security Council in order to prevent blockades.
In addition, universal jurisdiction should be used to punish violations of international humanitarian law.
The "Emergency Watchlist" is intended to be a kind of early warning system for the global community.
The organization incorporates dozens of factors into its country assessments, including women's rights and reports from local staff.
This allows a reliable outlook on the biggest trouble spots for the coming year.
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