Record number displaced despite Covid
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Picture: Ethiopian refugees of Tigray conflict at Um Raquba camp in Sudan, Dec 5, 2020
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The United Nations says the number of people forced to flee their homes has doubled in the past decade to reach 82.4 million, despite restrictions on movement during the global pandemic
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48.0m Internally displaced persons
4.1m  Asylum seekers
82.4m People forcibly displaced around world at end of 2020
5.7m Refugees under UNRWA* mandate
3.9m Venezuelans displaced abroad
20.7m  Refugees under  UNHCR mandate

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Global forced displacement
(year end, millions)

2020 82.4
2019 79.5
2018 70.8
2017 68.5
2016 65.5
2015 65.1
2014 59.2
2013 51.2
2012 42.7
2011 38.5 
2010 41.1         
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*United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

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Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS



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