The world’s displaced population is now almost double that from a decade ago, includes an estimated 13.6 million people who fled their homes in 2018, according to the UN Refugee Agency’s annual
It is a rise of 2.3 million on last year’s figure, and includes 25.9 million refugees — the highest number ever recorded.
Overall, an average of 37,000 people are forced from their homes every day, the report said, and one in every 108 people on the planet is now displaced.
The body’s findings paint a bleak but predictable picture of the rate of displacement around the world, as conflicts in several corners of the earth continued to tear people from their homes.
The Syrian war remained a major driver, while Venezuela joined the ranks of the worst-affected countries after tens of thousands fled thehumanitarian and economic crisisroiling the nation.
More than two-thirds of refugees came from just five nations: Syria, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Myanmar and Somalia. A further 41.3 million people worldwide were displaced within their own countries, and 3.5 million were recorded as asylum seekers.
Source: One in every 108 people on the planet has been displaced
