GENEVA (AN) — The number of people uprooted by violence and persecution worldwide rose by 2 million in the past year, and more than doubled in the past decade, the U.N. refugee agency reported.
In its latest Global Trends report on Thursday, UNHCR estimated the number of people who were forcibly displaced from their homes reached 122.1 million as of the end of April, up from 120 million a year earlier.