UNHCR: 65 million people fleeing war – Onet.pl

 
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  Iraqis displaced from the besieged city of Fallujah. The camp lacks water and food
 
 
 

According to the UNHCR report, which informs agency dpa, the total number of refugees, IDPs and persons seeking asylum in another country reached a “sad record level.”

As said High Commissioner of the United Nations. Refugees Filippo Grandi, the way those fleeing war and persecution lurking many more dangers than in 2014. A frightening number of people lose their lives by crossing the Mediterranean Sea and reach a safe place overland prevent closed borders – said Grandi.

As the report said, at the end of 2015 years a total of 21.3 million refugees have found shelter in another country; 40.8 million are internally displaced. Another 3.2 million people are abroad and waits will consider their applications for asylum.

the UNHCR report on 2014 years given that at that time the number of people forced to flee their home because of the prevailing situation in the country amounted to 59.5 million. More than half of the refugee population were children then.

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