The number of refugees worldwide reached a record high earlier this week, according to the UN Refugee Agency’s statistics.
David Morley, CEO of UNICEF Canada, told CTVNews.ca on Wednesday the increase in refugees wordlwide is due to families leaving difficult situations at home and searching for a better environment for their children.
Colombia hosted 2.5 million refugees and other people in need of international protection, Peru hosted 976,400 and Ecuador hosted 555,400. “Canada has, historically, been a host country. But we also have been a country that has seen people displaced, and I'm thinking in particular of Indigenous peoples,” said Madokoro.
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