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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.
U.N. leaders used the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons to call for increased prevention against a web of factors.
The number of refugees, internally displaced people and asylum-seekers rose by 2.3 million from 2017. And over the past two decades, the number has doubled.
In a world of 7.6 billion people, 44,500 people a day — one person every two seconds — are displaced, the U.N. said.
