Africa Hosts 86% Of World Refugees: UN Report
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Agency Report — June 20, 2014
Developing countries, including many in Africa, now host 86 per cent of the worlds refugees, up from 70 per cent 10 years ago. A new report released by the UN refugee agency indicated on Friday. Sub-Saharan Africa hosts one-quarter of all refugees in the world, according to the report by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The UNHCR report shows that the number of refugees, asylum- seekers, and internally displaced people worldwide, has topped 50 million for the first time since World War II. According to the UNHCR’s annual Global Trends report, 51.2 million people were forcibly displaced at the end of 2013, six million more than the 45.2 million reported in 2012. The report is based on data compiled by ...
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