World Refugee Day

 I missed posting about World Refugee Day - June 20










According to the UNHCR there are 117.8 MILLION forcibly displaced people worldwide at the end of 2025 as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order.

Of those, 68.7 MILLION are internally displaced people.

65% originate from just five countries

Venezuela    6.5 million
Ukraine        5.2 million
Syrian Arab Republic 4.9 million
Afghanistan 3.7 million
Sudan 2.8 million

32% are hosted in five countries

Colombia 2.8 million
Germany 2.7 million
Türkiye     2.4 million
Uganda     1.9 million
Islamic Republic of Iran 1.7 million

source: https://www.unhcr.org/refugee-statistics

This video comes from an Australian group, a few years ago, but sadly, it is still true.




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