GENEVA, June 13 — A staggering total of 120 million people are living forcibly displaced by war, violence and persecution, the UN said today, branding the ever-increasing number...
The United Nations’ refugee agency UNHCR said forced displacement globally had once again smashed records with conflicts in countries like Sudan. — AFP picGENEVA, June 13 — A staggering total of 120 million people are living forcibly displaced by war, violence and persecution, the UN said today, branding the ever-increasing number a “terrible indictment on the state of the world”.
Since then it has “more than doubled”, he said, describing this as “a terrible indictment on the state of the world”.Grandi pointed to a palpable increase in crises, and also highlighted how climate change is impacting population movement and driving conflicts. “Unless there is a shift in international geopolitics, unfortunately, I actually see the figure continuing to go up,” he said.
“Hundreds and hundreds every day are crossing from one devastated country to one of the poorest countries in the world,” he told AFP.
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