(task) UNHCR: More displaced now than after Second World War - CNN.com

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> http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/20/world/unhcr-displaced-peoples-report/ <http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/20/world/unhcr-displaced-peoples-report/>
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> UNHCR report: More displaced now than after WWII
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> Long-term situations, such as the conflict in Afghanistan that cause large refugee outflows, are lasting longer; "dramatic new or reignited situations" such as the conflicts in Syria and South Sudan are occurring with a greater frequency; and "the rate at which solutions are being found for refugees and internally displaced people has been on a falling trend since the end of the Cold War."
> Refugee crisis: Full coverage <http://edition.cnn.com/specials/world/migrant-crisis>
> The report was released on World Refugee Day, which is observed by the agency annually to commemorate "the strength, courage and perseverance of millions of refugees.
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> Conflict + persecution cause forced displacement to escalate sharply in 2015 - new data http://trib.al/RVS01AT  <https://t.co/9Nx9AfIJBn>— UN Refugee Agency (@Refugees) 1:13 AM - 20 Jun 2016 <https://twitter.com/Refugees/status/744759944717701120>
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> This year, the UNHCR is urging people to sign <http://www.unhcr.org/refugeeday/about/> a "#WithRefugees <https://twitter.com/hashtag/WithRefugees?src=hash>" petition, to be delivered to the U.N. headquarters in New York head of September's General Assembly, asking governments to ensure every refugee child gets an education, that every refugee family has "somewhere safe to live," and to ensure "every refugee can work or learn new skills to make a positive contribution to their community."
> Here are five takeaways from the report:
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> Global displaced population bigger than the UK's
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> The global population of forcibly displaced people today is larger than the entire population of the United Kingdom.
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> If they were a country, the forcibly displaced would be the 21st largest in the world.
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> Millions driven from Iraq <http://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/20/middleeast/iraq-refugees-wedeman/index.html>
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> Over half of all refugees come from Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia
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> A total of 54% of all refugees come from just three countries.
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> Syria has the highest number of externally displaced people, with 4.9 million fleeing outside the country's borders. Afghanistan has 2.7 million and Somalia 1.1 million.
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> Almost 100,000 unaccompanied children
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> A staggering 98,400 asylum applications were filed to the UNHCR by unaccompanied or separated children -- mainly Afghans, Eritreans, Syrians and Somalis.
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> Refugee life as seen by a child <http://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/20/europe/child-refugees-greece/index.html>
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> 200,000 refugees returned; 100,000 resettled
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> Just over 200,000 refugees returned home in 2015 -- most to Afghanistan, Somalia and the Central African Republic. By contrast, 107,100 were resettled in other countries -- with the U.S. taking in the highest number: 66,500.
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> Turkey is the top host of refugees
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> Turkey hosts 2.5 million externally displaced people. Followed by Pakistan (1.6 million), Lebanon (1.1 million), Iran (979,000) and Ethiopia (736,000). It is the second year in a row that Turkey hosted the largest number of refugees worldwide.