Record 79.5 million displaced at year-end despite COVID slowing exodus: UN
Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Posted at Jun 18 02:24 PM
Nearly 80 million people worldwide, or 1 percent of humanity, were uprooted at the end of 2019 after fleeing wars or persecution, a record figure capping a "tumultuous" decade of displacement, the United Nations said on Thursday.
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