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Tuesday, June 21st, 2016

One in every 113 people forced to flee, says UN refugee agency

Author:     Sam Jones
Source:     The Guardian (U.K.)
Publication Date:     Monday 20 June 2016 04.59 EDT
 Link: One in every 113 people forced to flee, says UN refugee agency
Stephan:   If you read SR regularly you know my many comments on the importance of the Migration Trend; it is one of the meta-trends of this century I think, and we are just at the beginning. Yet already 1 out of every 113 people on the planet is a refugee. The social implications are enormous, and how we handle them, will do much to determine the level of peace in the world.
Sri Lankan migrants refuse to leave Indonesian waters and demand fuel to continue their journey to Australia after becoming stranded at Lhoknga Beach, Aceh, Indonesia, in June 2016. Credit: Hotli Simanjuntak/EPA

Sri Lankan migrants refuse to leave Indonesian waters and demand fuel to continue their journey to Australia after becoming stranded at Lhoknga Beach, Aceh, Indonesia, in June 2016.
Credit: Hotli Simanjuntak/EPA

A record 65 million men, women and children were forced from their homes by war and persecution last year, leaving one in every 113 people a refugee, internally displaced or seeking asylum at the end of 2015, according to the UN.

The latest annual global trends study from the UN refugee agency, the UNHCR, shows that the total number of forcibly displaced people rose sharply last year, increasing from 59.5 million in December 2014 to 65.3 million in December 2015.

With 24 people being displaced every minute […]

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