Was the number even this high after World War II?
World's displaced hits record high of 60 mln, half of them children - UN
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:10 GMT
Author: Joseph D'UrsoMore news from our correspondents
A Syrian refugee woman carries her belongings as she crosses into Turkey at Akcakale border gate in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, June 15, 2015. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
By Joseph D'Urso
LONDON/ISTANBUL, June 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A lmost 60 million people worldwide were forcibly uprooted by conflict and persecution at the end of last year, the highest ever recorded number, the U.N. refugee agency said on Thursday, warning that the situation could deteriorate further.
More than half the displaced from crises including Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia were children, UNHCR said in its annual Global Trends Report.
In 2014, an average of 42,500 people became refugees, asylum seekers, or internally displaced every day, representing a four-fold increase in just four years, the aid agency said.
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World s displaced hits record high of 60 mln half of them children - UN
World's displaced hits record high of 60 mln, half of them children - UN
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Thu, 18 Jun 2015 09:10 GMT
Author: Joseph D'UrsoMore news from our correspondents
A Syrian refugee woman carries her belongings as she crosses into Turkey at Akcakale border gate in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, June 15, 2015. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
By Joseph D'Urso
LONDON/ISTANBUL, June 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A lmost 60 million people worldwide were forcibly uprooted by conflict and persecution at the end of last year, the highest ever recorded number, the U.N. refugee agency said on Thursday, warning that the situation could deteriorate further.
More than half the displaced from crises including Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia were children, UNHCR said in its annual Global Trends Report.
In 2014, an average of 42,500 people became refugees, asylum seekers, or internally displaced every day, representing a four-fold increase in just four years, the aid agency said.
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World s displaced hits record high of 60 mln half of them children - UN
