There are 16.7 million refugees, 1.2 million asylum seekers and 33.3 million “internally displ

There are 16.7 million refugees, 1.2 million asylum seekers and 33.3 million “internally displaced persons” – people who had to flee their homes, but remain within a country - according to figures released by UNHCR on World Refugee Day (June 20, 2014). Half the world’s refugees are children, many travelling alone or in groups in a desperate quest for sanctuary, and often falling into the clutches of human traffickers. In 2013, 1.1 million people submitted applications for asylum, including a record 25,300 applications from children who were separated from or unaccompanied by parents.Photo: An Afghan internally displaced boy hides behind his mother as he looks on in a poor neighbourhood in Kabul on Feb. 23, 2014. (Massoud Hossaini/AP) -- source link
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