KABUL (Pajhwok): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says the number of displaced people worldwide has reached a record 110 million, including 5.7 million Afghans.
About 19 million people were forced to flee last year – the biggest annual jump on record – lifting the total to 108.4 million by the end of last year, the UNHCR said in its annual Forced Displacement report on Wednesday.
The number has since risen to at least 110 million, mostly due to Sudan’s eight-week-old conflict, UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi told reporters.
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