UNHCR Global Trends 2014
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A new UNHCR report, released today, shows that worldwide displacement from wars, conflict, and persecution is at the highest levels we have recorded, and accelerating fast. UNHCR’s new annual Global Trends report shows a sharp escalation in the number of people forced to flee their homes, with 59.5 million people forcibly displaced at the end of 2014 compared to 51.2 million a year earlier and 37.5 million a decade ago. The main acceleration has been since 2011 when conflict erupted in Syria, propelling it into becoming the world’s single largest producer of displacement. Worldwide, one in every 122 human beings is now either a refugee, internally displaced, or seeking asylum. Were this the population of a country, it would be the world’s 24th biggest. unhcr.org.cy
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Published to Youtube on: 18/06/2015
Archived on: 08/10/2025
Original URL (may no longer be available): https://youtube.com/watch?v=8ZNAh3EZV6w