According to UN, War , violence and persecution in places
like Syria and South Sudan had left a record 65.6 million people uprooted from
their homes by the end of 2016.
That
number marks a jump of just 300,000 from the end of 2015, but is more than six
million higher than at the end of 2014, according to a fresh report published
by the UN refugee agency.
This is
“the highest figure since we started recording these figures,” UNHCR chief
Filippo Grandi told reporters ahead of the report launch.
“By any
measure, this is an unacceptable number, and it speaks louder than ever to the
need for solidarity and common purpose in preventing and resolving crises,” he
said.
The
figures released ahead of World Refugee Day showed that a full 10.3 million of
the world’s displaced people fled their homes last year alone, including 3.4
million who crossed international borders to become refugees.
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