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   U.N. Says 60 Million People Have Been Fo   
   21 Dec 15 23:55:54   
   
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   From: spinhead@cnn.com   
      
   GENEVA — The number of people forced to flee war is expected to   
   far surpass 60 million in 2015, the United Nations said on   
   Friday, warning that violence around the globe is likely to push   
   a record number of asylum seekers even higher in the coming year.   
      
   At least five million people were forcibly displaced from their   
   homes in the first half of the year, adding to the 59.5 million   
   displaced people the United Nations refugee agency had recorded   
   by the end of 2014. One in every 122 humans today is someone who   
   has been forced to flee from home, the agency said.   
      
   Most of the people on the move in 2015 were displaced within   
   their own country, but as many 839,000 people fled across   
   international borders in the first half of the year, more than a   
   third of them trying to escape the war in Syria.   
      
   To make matters worse, the funds available to help the   
   increasing number of people fleeing conflict had fallen far   
   behind the level of need, António Guterres, the departing United   
   Nations high commissioner for refugees, told reporters in Geneva.   
      
   “It’s clear humanitarian actors are no longer able to provide   
   the minimum support both in relation to core protection and   
   lifesaving activities,” he said.   
      
   Moreover, few refugees were able to return to their own country.   
   Only 124,000 such people returned home in 2014, down from a   
   million a decade ago. The United Nations reported that the   
   number of returning citizens dropped an additional 20 percent in   
   the first half of this year.   
      
   The refugee agency’s assessment came as the International   
   Organization for Migration said the number of refugees and   
   migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Europe would likely   
   exceed a million arrivals for the year in a matter of days.   
      
   http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/19/world/un-says-60-million-   
   people-have-been-forced-to-flee-war.html?_r=0   
      
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