Number of internally displaced people in world reaches record 110 million - UN
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said that the number of internally displaced people around the world has increased to a record 110 million people.
According to Ukrinform, this was reported by Reuters.
According to the report of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the increase of around 19 million people to 108.4 million by the end of last year is the biggest annual jump on record.
That number has since risen further to 110 million, mostly due to Sudan's eight-week-old conflict.
"It's quite an indictment on the state of our world to have to report that.We are in a very polarised world, where international tensions play out all the way into humanitarian issues,” he said.
It is noted that for the two decades before the Syria conflict in 2011, the global level was roughly stable at about 40 million refugees and internally displaced people.
More than one in every 74 people is now displaced.
Grandi blamed "the usual package of causes" which he said were conflict, persecution, discrimination, violence and climate change.
As reported by Ukrinform, 62% of Ukrainians in Poland plan to return to Ukraine in the near or longer term, in particular because of concerns for their loved ones and lack of funds for living.