The United Nations has also warned that the global displaced population figure could rise further without major global political changes.
A staggering total of 120 million people are living forcibly displaced by war, violence and persecution , the UN has said, branding the increasing number a "terrible indictment on the state of the world". The United Nations refugee agency
said. By the end of April, the number had swelled further to an estimated 120 million people worldwide living in displacement. The number is up from 110 million a year ago, and has been rising for 12 consecutive years — nearly tripling since 2012 amid a combination of new and mutating crises and a failure to resolve long-standing ones,
declared 43 emergencies across 29 countries last year — more than four times what was common just a few years ago, he told reporters. In particular, Grandi noted "the way conflicts are conducted ... in complete disregard" of international law, and "often with the specific purpose of terrorising people". "This of course is a powerful contributor to more displacement.
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