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UN says a record 110 million people worldwide now forcibly displaced
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Ukrainian Jewish refugees are seen in a newly opened kosher camp on the southern shore of Lake Balaton in Balatonoszod, Hungary, on July 29, 2022. (Peter Kohalmi/AFP)
A record 110 million people worldwide have been forcibly displaced from their homes, the United Nations says, branding the huge upsurge an “indictment” of the world.
Russia’s war in Ukraine, refugees fleeing Afghanistan and the fighting in Sudan have pushed the total number of refugees forced to seek shelter abroad, and those displaced within their own countries, to an unprecedented level, says UNHCR, the UN refugee agency.
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