The number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution has now crossed the staggering milestone of 100 million for the first time on record, propelled by the war in Ukraine and other deadly conflicts, according to UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). “One hundred million is a stark figure – sobering and alarming in equal measure. It’s a record that should never have been set,” said UNHCR, Filippo Grandi. In addition, the war in Ukraine has displaced 8 million within the country this year, and more than 6 million refugee movements from Ukraine have been registered. It includes refugees and asylum seekers as well as the 53.2 million people displaced inside their borders by conflict, according to a recent report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).

Source: Libya Today May 23, 2022 19:18 UTC