GENEVA: The world has entered a phase in which multiple crises have caused refugee numbers soar to unprecendented levels, with the international community failing to contain the situation, UN refugee chief Antonio Guterres said Thursday in Geneva.
Another post-World-War-II record was set last year as 59.5 million people were counted as refugees or as internally displaced people, with Syrians, Afghans and Somalians making up the biggest groups, High Commissioner Guterres said in his annual report.
This means that one in every 122 humans has fled abroad, has sought refuge within his or her country, or is seeking asylum.
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Source: theSun
