1 in 113 People are Displaced

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1 in 113An unprecedented 65.3 million people have been displaced around the world due to war and persecution, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees has reported. The new figure is not only a 21st century record, it is also the first time that the numbers have surpassed 60 million-which means one in every 113 people worldwide is now either an asylum-seeker, internally displaced, or a refugee. Half of them are children.