Monday marks World Refugee Day, and with it comes the announcement of a new record.
As of the end of 2015, 65.3 million people were forcibly displaced throughout the world—meaning they were displaced within their own country, or were refugees or asylum seekers abroad—the first time the 60 million threshold has ever been passed, according to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR).
In total, one person in every 113 around the world was forcibly displaced, whether it be due to war, persecution or natural disasters. In 2015, more than one million displaced people arrived in Europe, which earlier this …read more
Source: Newsweek
