The number of people displaced worldwide has hit a new record, with
65.3 million people forced from their home as of the end of 2015, the UN
said Monday June 20,2016
UNHCR said that on average, 24 people had been displaced every minute of every day last year - or 34,000 people a day - up from six every minute in 2005.
Turkey was the "top host" country for the second year running, taking in 2.5 million people - nearly all from neighbouring Syria. Afghan neighbour Pakistan had 1.6 million, while Lebanon, next to Syria, hosted 1.1 million
"This is the first time that the threshold of 60 million has been crossed," the UN refugee agency said.
The figures, released on World Refugee Day June 20, underscore twin pressures fuelling an unprecedented global displacement crisis.
As conflict and persecution force growing numbers of people to flee, anti-migrant political sentiment has strained the will to resettle refugees, according to UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi said.
"The willingness of nations to work together not just for refugees but for the collective human interest is what`s being tested today," he said in a statement.
The number of people displaced globally rose by 5.8 million through 2015, according to the UN figures.
Counting Earth`s population at 7.349 billion, the UN said that one out of every 113 people on the planet was now either internally displaced or a refugee
UNHCR said that on average, 24 people had been displaced every minute of every day last year - or 34,000 people a day - up from six every minute in 2005.
Turkey was the "top host" country for the second year running, taking in 2.5 million people - nearly all from neighbouring Syria. Afghan neighbour Pakistan had 1.6 million, while Lebanon, next to Syria, hosted 1.1 million
"This is the first time that the threshold of 60 million has been crossed," the UN refugee agency said.
The figures, released on World Refugee Day June 20, underscore twin pressures fuelling an unprecedented global displacement crisis.
As conflict and persecution force growing numbers of people to flee, anti-migrant political sentiment has strained the will to resettle refugees, according to UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi said.
"The willingness of nations to work together not just for refugees but for the collective human interest is what`s being tested today," he said in a statement.
The number of people displaced globally rose by 5.8 million through 2015, according to the UN figures.
Counting Earth`s population at 7.349 billion, the UN said that one out of every 113 people on the planet was now either internally displaced or a refugee
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