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Global displacement of people hits new high


The number of people forced to flee their homes hit the highest level on record in 2021.

Geneva - This emerges from the new annual report of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), which the organization published on Thursday. According to this, the number of people displaced by war, violence, persecution and human rights violations was 89.3 million at the end of 2021. That is eight percent more than in the previous year (2020) and more than twice as many as ten years ago, the report says.

Since then, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has triggered one of the largest and fastest growing displacement crises since World War II. In addition to the worsening emergencies in African countries, in Afghanistan and other regions, this has caused the number "to rise above the dramatic milestone of 100 million," according to the UN organization. "For the past decade, the number of displaced people has increased every year," said United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.

"Unless the international community comes together to do something about this human tragedy, to end conflicts and find lasting solutions, this terrible trend will continue."

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