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Jun
15
2023
By EMMA FARGE
Global level of forced displacement climbs to record 110 million, UN says

Global level of forced displacement climbs to record 110 million, UN says

WORLD
THE number of people forcibly displaced around the world has climbed to a record 110 million people, the head of the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said, with conflicts in Ukraine and Sudan spurring millions of people to flee their homes. The increase of around 19 million people to 108.4 million by the end of last year is the biggest annual jump on record, UNHCR said in a report released on Wednesday. That number has since risen further to 110 million, mostly due to Sudan's eight-week-old conflict, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi told journalists. "It's quite an indictment…
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May
20
2022
By The African Mirror
‘World Falling Part”: Record number of people displaced in own countries

‘World Falling Part”: Record number of people displaced in own countries

HUMAN RIGHTS
EMMA FARGE IN a world beset by conflicts and natural disasters, the number of people who fled their homes and sought shelter within their own countries hit a record high of close to 60 million by the end of last year, according to new data. Disasters, including weather events such as cyclones and floods in Asia as well as protracted conflicts in places like Syria, Afghanistan and Ethiopia were factors behind high levels of new displacements last year, according to the report compiled by the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). "The world is falling apart, too many countries are…
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