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Total number of persons displaced by violence (not natural disasters or economic pressures) worldwide about the same as the population of the United Kingdom
According to UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), as of the end of 2014 there were 19.5 million refugees (those forced to enter another country), 38.2 million internally displaced persons (those driven from their homes but still in their country), 1.8 million asylum-seekers: 59.5 million. This is the highest number of worldwide displaced that the...
Over 500,000 displaced by fighting in Darfur in since February 2014
This figure is similar to the number of people driven from their homes by figthing during the first peak of the war in Darfur (2003 – 2005), according to a statement yesterday from Human Rights Watch, which cites UN figures for the region: http://www.hrw.org/news/2015/06/11/un-civilians-risk-darfur-attacks-surge-0 This is even more disturbing when one takes into account that...