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UNHCR estimates 122.1 million people forcibly displaced worldwide

The U.N. refugee agency says the people under its care more than doubled in a decade, reaching 36.8 million by last year.

U.N. refugee chief Filippo Grandi says he still sees some 'rays of hope' around the world despite the escalating numbers of refugees and severe budget cuts. (AN/Salah Darwish/Unsplash)

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.

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