Fillipo Grande Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/fillipo-grande/ The low down on African affairs Mon, 18 Jun 2018 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Fillipo Grande Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/fillipo-grande/ 32 32 UNHCR says a record number of people driven from their homes last year https://jjcornish.com/2018/06/unhcr-says-a-record-number-of-people-driven-from-their-homes-last-year/ Mon, 18 Jun 2018 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2018/06/unhcr-says-a-record-number-of-people-driven-from-their-homes-last-year/ The United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees Global Trends report reflects says an unprecedented 68,6 million were driven from their homes by war, violence and persecution last year. That’s 300 000 more than in 2016: the highest number in the body’s seven-year history. The numbers are horrifying. Refugees last year outnumbered the population of Great […]

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]]> The United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees Global Trends report reflects says an unprecedented 68,6 million were driven from their homes by war, violence and persecution last year.

That’s 300 000 more than in 2016: the highest number in the body’s seven-year history.

The numbers are horrifying.

Refugees last year outnumbered the population of Great Britain 

20 people were driven from their homes every minute .

That one every three seconds: less time than it’s taken to say this sentence.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Fillipo Grande says it speaks to the need to show solidarity and common purpose in preventing and solving crisis and conflict ….

…. and ensuring proper care and protection for internally displaced people and asylum seekers while this being done. 

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