The latest figures show the vast majority of the world's 8 billion inhabitants prefer to stay within their nation of birth. But almost 1-in-20 are on the move away from their home.
Six countries and the U.N. opened the first Global Refugee Forum to help poor nations overwhelmed by taking in people fleeing for safety across borders.
The U.N. urged a crackdown on human trafficking; most victims are women and girls and the percentage of child victims more than doubled in a dozen years.
Wars and conflicts displaced a record 70.8 million people worldwide in 2018, up 3% from a year earlier, the U.N. refugee agency reported.
One of every 110 people worldwide has been forced to leave home because of conflict, war, violence, human rights abuses or persecution, the U.N. reported.
