World Refugees: Record Breaking people displaced worldwide in 2016

World Refugees: Record Breaking people displaced worldwide in 2016

GENEVA, June 20, (APP): World Refugees: Record Breaking people displaced worldwide in 2016

 

The number of people displaced worldwide has hit a new record, with 65.3 million people forced from their home as of the end of 2015, the UN said Monday.

 

"This is the first time that the threshold of 60 million has been crossed," the UN refugee agency said.