Conflicts around the world have forced more than 100 million people to move
Nigeria: Jere IDP camp, Maiduguri, May 2, 2022 AP - Chinedu Asadu
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Whether they are refugees abroad or displaced within their own country, the situation is unprecedented since the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees kept the accounts.
And in 2022, the impact of the war in Ukraine has been massive.
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From our correspondent in Geneva
, Jérémie Lanche
Exiles of all categories now represent more than 1% of the world's population.
If they were put together in one country, it would be the 14th most populous in the world.
A little less than the Philippines, but more than Egypt.
One hundred million uprooted people, "
it's a record that we should never have reached
", indignant Filippo Grandi, head of the UNHCR.
More than 100 million people globally have been forced to flee war, violence, persecution, discrimination.
100 million refugees and displaced people are a terrible indicator of the state of our world.
The quest for solutions to their plight must continue.
https://t.co/IMANMKxDVa
— Filippo Grandi (@FilippoGrandi) May 23, 2022
Contrary to popular belief, people who have found refuge abroad are in the minority.
More than 53 million people are now living displaced in their own country because of the violence.
And 2021, from this point of view, has been a dark year.
With the deterioration of the Ethiopian conflict, the return of the Taliban and growing insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa.
But in 2022, it was Ukraine that blew up all the forecasts.
Even the most pessimistic.
By throwing, in just a few months, more than 15 million Ukrainians on the roads: 8 million inside the country and 6 million who fled abroad.
The only reason for satisfaction for the UNHCR: the momentum of solidarity that has been created around Ukraine.
A momentum that the organization would like to see at work for all other crises in the world.
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