UN: Violence, Persecution Displace 65.6 Million in 2016
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The world has 22.5 million refugees, 40.3 million internally displaced individuals as well as the 2.8 million asylum-seekers. | Photo: UNHCR - Dina Diaz
16-year-old Tareq said, “There was no university and no work. There were troops grabbing young children and they send them to war. I wanted to study.”
A United Nations report revealed that nearly 66 million people were forcibly displaced from their homes last year.
The UN refugee agency reported that “very high” volumes of conflict and persecution is forcing people to flee their homes. The figure, the UN stated, translates to “one person being displaced every three seconds – less than the time it takes to read this sentence.”
Nyawet Tut, a South Sudanese mother of five in her 30s, related how soldiers se...