UN: The Drama of refugees is growing: 65 million in 2015 – Telesur TV

The drama and tragedy of refugees caused by interventions by the US and / or its allies around the world goes worrying increase, while towards the end of 2015 there were 65.3 million domestic individuals and externally displaced, reported Monday the refugee agency of the United Nations.

The UN said the persecution and conflict in places like Syria and Afghanistan have contributed to the increase of refugees worldwide.

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In 2014, he had already registered the highest number of refugees worldwide since World War II, since they had 60 million people displaced.

last year, the record number of refugees increased by 10 percent with the unprecedented arrival of migrants to Europe, said the refugee agency of the United Nations, UNHCR.

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In its report Global Trends, UNHCR said from its main offices in Geneva, Switzerland, it was urgent that leaders of Europe and other countries, including the United States, make a greater effort to end the war, rather than promote it, in order to end the mass movement of people who are unfairly forced to leave their homes and face hunger, persecution and, many cases, death.

“I hope the message carrying those displaced by force will reach world leaders. We need urgent political action to stop the conflict,” said High Commissioner of UNHCR, Filippo Grandi. ” the message carrying the refugees is that ‘if conflicts are not resolved, conflicts will come to you.’ “

numbers provides detailed UNHCR report are really dramatic: 24 people were displaced from their homes and hometowns every minute of every day for the past year.

That is, the report said, 34 thousand people were forced to leave their homes every day.

The displacement of people globally has doubled compared to 1997, and increased by 50 percent since 2011 due to the conflict in Syria, the report said.

The refugees who have recently fled their homes are Syria, precisely, but also in Afghanistan and Somalia.

The High Commissioner said that nearly 41 million refugees in the world are internally displaced within their countries because of armed conflict. 21.3 million are international refugees, while more than 3.2 million are asylum seekers.

Last year reached more than one million refugees to Europe, where it is urgent that governments combat xenophobia, Grandi said.

Grandi condemned European policies towards refugees, such as lifting fencing and gates with barbed addition to the violent rejection with security forces, which, he added, sets a “bad precedent around the world.”