In a report published on 18 June to mark World Refugee Day, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said that record numbers of refugees have been displaced by war.
“Despite the pandemic, the number of people fleeing war, violence, persecution and human rights violations in 2020 increased to almost 82.4 million. This is a “further increase of 4% on top of the already record 79.5 million at the end of 2019”, the UNHCR said. This increase is linked in particular to the crises...