RECORD 100 MILLION PEOPLE FORCIBLY DISPLACED WORLDWIDE

Mon 23 May 2022:

According to the UN’s refugee agency, Russia’s war in Ukraine has pushed the global number of forcibly displaced people past 100 million for the first time ever.

“The number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution has now crossed the staggering milestone of 100 million for the first time on record, propelled by the war in Ukraine and other deadly conflicts,” the UNHCR said in a statement.

Since Russia’s February 24 invasion of Ukraine, more than eight million people have been displaced within the country, while more than six million refugees have fled across the borders, according to the UNHCR.

According to UNHCR, the number of forcibly displaced people worldwide rose to 90 million by the end of 2021, propelled by new waves of violence or protracted conflict in countries including Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Myanmar, Nigeria, Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The “alarming” figure must shake the world into ending the conflicts forcing record numbers to flee their own homes, said the UNHCR statement.

The number includes refugees and asylum seekers as well as the 53.2 million people displaced inside their borders by conflict.

“The international response to people fleeing war in Ukraine has been overwhelmingly positive,” Grandi added. “Compassion is alive, and we need a similar mobilization for all crises around the world. But ultimately, humanitarian aid is a palliative, not a cure. To reverse this trend, the only answer is peace and stability so that innocent people are not forced to gamble between acute danger at home or precarious flight and exile”.

Last week, the International Organization for Migration informed that a record 59.1 million people were displaced within their homelands last year, four million more than in 2020.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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