Refugees on Rise, Poor Countries Bear Brunt – UNHCR

The United Nations (UN) says that the number of people forced to flee their homes to escape war or abuse has risen to its highest for 15 years, with four out of five refugees in developing countries.

The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in all, there were 43.7 million displaced people worldwide at the end of last year, up from 43.3 million a year before.

In its annual report, the organisation states that 15.4 million refugees fled across borders - 80 percent of them to nearby developing countries - and 27.5 million uprooted within their own homelands.

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