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27.1M are refugees. ( 21.3M refugees under UNHCR 's mandate and 5.8M Palestine refugees under UNRWA 's mandate) There were also 53.2M internally displaced people, 4.6M asylum seekers, and 4.4M ...
Oct 19, 2023 · Refugees are people who must leave their home area for their own safety or survival. A refugee’s home area could be a country , state, or region. People become refugees for many reasons, including war, oppression, natural disasters, and climate change. Most refugee laws are based on a 1951 United Nations document, the Convention Relating to ...
Refugee is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film written and directed by J. P. Dutta. It marked the debut of both the leading actors, Abhishek Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor. The film also starred Jackie Shroff, Sunil Shetty and Anupam Kher. Refugee was an average grosser at the box office and was the fifth highest-grossing film of that ...
UNHCR's Global Trends report presents key statistical trends and the latest official statistics on refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced and stateless people worldwide. At the end of 2022, 108.4 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations and events seriously ...
Jul 28, 2021 · It has never been more urgent to recommit to the spirit and fundamental principles of the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday as it marked the 70th anniversary of the key international treaty. “The Convention continues to protect the rights of refugees across the world,” said Filippo Grandi, the UN High ...
By the end of 2022, there was a total of 35.3 million refugees globally, with 29.4 million under UNHCR’s mandate, 34 and 5.9 million refugees registered by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the Near East. 35 The total number of refugees is the highest captured by modern statistical reporting that does not include historical data. 36 The increase in the number of refugees between 2021 and 2022 is the largest yearly increase recorded, in large part ...
Formally known as the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR was established by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1950 in the aftermath of the Second World War to help the millions of people who had lost their homes. Today, UNHCR works in 136 countries. We provide life-saving assistance, including shelter, food, water ...
