More people are currently fleeing the world than ever before. About 110 million people have had to leave their homes because of wars, conflicts, persecution and violence, the UN refugee agency UNHCR reported on Wednesday.
At the end of 2021, the UNHCR counted almost 90 million displaced persons – that too was a record. The main driver last year was the war in Ukraine. The number of refugees leaving the country rose from 27,300 in one year to 5.7 million by the end of 2022 – the fastest development of a refugee situation since World War II, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said in the report “Global Trends in Forced Displacement 2022 “. “, which is published annually on the occasion of World Refugee Day, will be presented on June 20.
Usually flee within their own country
More than half – 62.5 million or 58 percent – of the refugees and displaced persons are internally displaced persons, ie displaced persons within their own country. 35.3 million were refugees, people crossing an international border to find safety. In addition, there are 5.4 million people registered as asylum seekers and 5.2 million other people in need of international protection.
“These numbers tell us that some people are way too quick to get into conflict and are way too slow to find solutions. The consequences are devastation, displacement and suffering for every one of the millions of people forcibly displaced from their homes,” said UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.
Myth of flights to rich countries
Again, figures from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees confirm that most displaced people have found shelter in low- and middle-income countries rather than rich countries. It is a myth that people mainly flee to rich countries in Europe and North America, says Grandi. He advocated for rich countries to provide job seekers with more legal options to migrate. Then the asylum systems would not become so overloaded, he argued.
But the trend of global displacement shows no signs of slowing down this year either.
Source: Krone
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