ANKARA (AA) – <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The number of displaced people in the world rose in the first half of 2021 due to conflict, violence and climate change, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a report released Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe trend in rising forced displacement continued into 2021 \u2013 with global numbers now exceeding 84 million \u2013 as more people fled violence, insecurity and the effects of climate change,\u201d the agency said in its Mid-Year Trends report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe report, for January-June 2021, showed an increase from 82.4 million at end 2020. This resulted largely from internal displacement, with more people fleeing multiple active conflicts around the world, especially in Africa,\u201d the UNHCR said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite the rising trend in displacement, restrictions related to COVID-19 limited the places for asylum seekers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2019The international community is failing to prevent violence, persecution and human rights violations, which continue to drive people from their homes,\u201d said Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn addition, the effects of climate change are exacerbating existing vulnerabilities in many areas hosting the forcibly displaced,\u201d said the agency on its website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNearly 51 million people are now internally displaced, as conflict and violence flared around the world during the first half of 2021. Much of the new internal displacement was in Africa, including in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with 1.3 million and in Ethiopia with 1.2 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cViolence in Myanmar and Afghanistan also forced people from their homes between January-June 2021,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report said the number of refugees also kept rising in the first half of this year and reached nearly 21 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMost new refugees came from five countries,\u201d the UNHCR said, adding that 71,800 refugees came from the Central African Republic, 61,700 from South Sudan, 38,800 from Syria, 25,200 from Afghanistan and 20,300 from Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe lethal mix of conflict, COVID-19, poverty, food insecurity and the climate emergency has compounded the humanitarian plight of the displaced, most of whom are hosted in developing regions,\u201d the report noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSolutions for forcibly displaced populations remain in short supply. Under 1 million internally displaced people and 126,700 refugees were able to return home in the first half of 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2019The international community must redouble its efforts to make peace, and at the same time must ensure resources are available to displaced communities and their hosts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is the communities and countries with the fewest resources that continue to shoulder the greatest burden in protecting and caring for the forcibly displaced, and they must be better supported by the rest of the international community,\u201d Grandi added.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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