World Refugee Day
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Channel: SABC News · 2018 · News & Politics
In its annual Global Trends report for 2017 released Tuesday by the UN Refugee Agency said 68.5 million people were displaced as of the end of 2017. Refugees who have fled their countries to escape conflict and persecution accounted for 25.4 million of the 68.5 million. This is 2.9 million more than in 2016, also the biggest increase UNHCR has seen in a single year. As we mark World Refugees Day today, we must remember that … no one becomes a refugee by choice, but the rest of us can have a choice about how we help. With us are Tresor Riziki, Musician and UNHCR LuQuLuQu High Level Influencer and Markku Aikomus, Senior External Relations Officer and Spokesperson, United Nations Refugee Agency Regional Office for Southern Africa For more news, visit: sabcnews.com
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