Monday, June 19, 2017

United Nations: 65.6 Million People Were Forcibly Displaced In 2016



UN News Centre: Violence and persecution uprooted record 65.6 million people in 2016, UN agency reports

Nearly 66 million people were forcibly displaced from their homes last year, the United Nation refugee agency today reported, stressing the “very high” pace at which conflict and persecution is forcing people to flee their homes.

The figure equates to “one person displaced every three seconds – less than the time it takes to read this sentence.”

The report Global Trends, released by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), marks a jump of 300,000 since the end of 2015.

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More News On The Latest United Nations Report That 65.6 Million People Were Forcibly Displaced In 2016

UN: Number of global displaced up to 65.6 million last year -- Washington Post/AP
UN refugee agency: Record 65.6 million people displaced worldwide -- BBC
Record 65.6 million people displaced worldwide: UN -- AFP
UN: Record 65 million people displaced worldwide -- DW
Global Forcible Displacement at Unprecedented High -- VOA
Record 65 million people displaced in 2016: UN -- Al Jazeera
UNHCR: 65.6 million people forced to flee -- Independent
United Nations: Refugee displacement at seven-decade high -- UPI
5 takeaways from the new U.N. report on refugees -- PBS News Hour

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