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UNHCR annual report shows 42 million people uprooted worldwide
Press Releases, 16 June 2009
The number of people forcibly uprooted by conflict and persecution worldwide stood at 42 million at the end of last year amid a sharp slowdown in repatriation and more prolonged conflicts resulting in protracted displacement. The total includes 16 million refugees and asylum seekers and 26 million internally displaced people uprooted within their own countries, according to UNHCR's annual "Global Trends" report released today.
The new report says 80 percent of the world's refugees are in developing nations, as are the vast majority of internally displaced people – a population with whom the UN refugee agency is increasingly involved. Many have been uprooted for years with no end in sight.
The overall total of 42 million uprooted people at year's end represents a drop of about 700,000 over the previous year.
http://www.unhcr.org/4a2fd52412d.html
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BEIRUT (AP) — For the first time since the World War II era, the number of people forced from their homes worldwide has surged past 50 million, the United Nations refugee agency said Friday.
At the end of last year, 51.2 million people had been forced from their homes worldwide, the highest figure of displacement since World War II, said the UNHCR.
That's six million more people than at the end of the previous year, reflecting what the agency described as important undercurrents in international relations. At the end of 2012, there were 45.2 million displaced in the world, according to the agency.
http://news.msn.com/world/un-number-of-worlds-displaced-over-50-million
Then.........
UNHCR annual report shows 42 million people uprooted worldwide
Press Releases, 16 June 2009
The number of people forcibly uprooted by conflict and persecution worldwide stood at 42 million at the end of last year amid a sharp slowdown in repatriation and more prolonged conflicts resulting in protracted displacement. The total includes 16 million refugees and asylum seekers and 26 million internally displaced people uprooted within their own countries, according to UNHCR's annual "Global Trends" report released today.
The new report says 80 percent of the world's refugees are in developing nations, as are the vast majority of internally displaced people – a population with whom the UN refugee agency is increasingly involved. Many have been uprooted for years with no end in sight.
The overall total of 42 million uprooted people at year's end represents a drop of about 700,000 over the previous year.
http://www.unhcr.org/4a2fd52412d.html
Now.......
BEIRUT (AP) — For the first time since the World War II era, the number of people forced from their homes worldwide has surged past 50 million, the United Nations refugee agency said Friday.
At the end of last year, 51.2 million people had been forced from their homes worldwide, the highest figure of displacement since World War II, said the UNHCR.
That's six million more people than at the end of the previous year, reflecting what the agency described as important undercurrents in international relations. At the end of 2012, there were 45.2 million displaced in the world, according to the agency.
http://news.msn.com/world/un-number-of-worlds-displaced-over-50-million
