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Monday, June 20, 2011

'UNHCR report says refugee numbers at 15-year high'

from the guardian........

"The number of forcibly displaced people around the world has reached a 15-year high, according to the UN high commission for refugees(UNHCR), with the vast majority languishing in poor countries ill-equipped to cater to their needs.


The UNHCR's 2010 trends report estimated that there were 43.7 million refugees and people displaced within their country by events such as war and natural disasters at the end of last year. More than half of the total are children. The figure does not take into account the new wave of migration set in train by the upheaval of the Arab spring"...............LINK


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