A new global survey carried out by the United Nations says that the number of refugees and displaced people reached 67 million last year.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said in London that the number of refugees under the agency's charge, rose to more than 25.1 million last year. Some five million Afghans and Iraqis make up German investor confidence continues slump ...
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Czechs most tolerant of Westerners,least of Romanies-poll ... nearly half of the refugees the UNHCR is helping. Guterres said conflict, bad governance, environmental degradation due to climate factors as well as rising food prices, threaten to uproot even more people from their homes. The release of the report was the start of a week of activities to mark World Refugee Day on June 20.
(Deutsche Welle)
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