Thursday, June 18, 2020

Refugee Numbers Rise

80 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide by the end of last year as a result of conflict, violence, persecution and human rights violations, according to the United Nations.

 26 million were refugees, 4.2 million asylum seekers and 45.7 million internally displaced people (IDPs) - those who fled to other parts of their own country.

11 million more people fled their homes in 2019, almost doubling the total figure over the past decade. 

People from Syria, Venezuela, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Myanmar made up more than two-thirds of the refugee population.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/80-million-people-forcibly-displaced-worldwide-200617162524605.html

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