Nearly 80 mn people forcibly displaced globally at the end of 2019: UN
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, in its annual report on displacement released on Thursday noted that an additional 11 million people were newly displaced in 2019 alone, with developing countries the worst-hit. The number is almost double the total figure over the past decade. While 2.4 million sought protection outside their country, 8.6 million were … Read more