The UN has called for action after an increase in people fleeing conflict and persecution despite the COVID pandemic. The number of displaced people has doubled in the last decade.
The number of people leaving their homes due to persecution, conflict, violence, and human rights violations has increased to 82.4 million, according to the Global Trends report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
The report released in Geneva on Friday called for reversing the global trend towards more flight and displacement triggered by violence and persecution, which has been going on for almost a decade.
The newly released total figure is 4% higher than the previous year when 79.5 million had been recorded at the end of 2019.
The vast majority of refugees around the world are hosted by countries that border crisis areas and are low- and middle-income nations. The world’s least developed countries host 27% of the world’s refugees.–DW
Source: National News Agency