2013 WITNESSED SOME OF THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF FORCED DISPLACEMENT EVER – UN REPORT

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Date: 20 Dec 2013 12:00:00 -0500
Subject: 2013 WITNESSED SOME OF THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF FORCED
DISPLACEMENT EVER – UN REPORT
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2013 WITNESSED SOME OF THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF FORCED DISPLACEMENT EVER
– UN REPORTNew York, Dec 20 2013 12:00PMThe United Nations refugee
agency <"http://www.unhcr.org/52b310a06.html">warned today that 2013
is on track for some of the highest levels of forced displacement ever
seen, owing to unusually large numbers of new refugees and internally
displaced people (IDPs).

The first half of 2013 is described as "one of the worst periods for
forced displacement in decades," by the Mid-year Trends 2013 report
produced by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Some 5.9 million people were forced to flee their homes in the first
six months of the year, compared with 7.6 million for all of 2012. The
biggest producer of new displacement was Syria.

Sharp rises were seen in the number of new refugees – 1.5 million
during the first six months of 2013 compared to 1.1 million for all of
2012 – and in the number of people newly displaced within their own
countries – 4 million people compared with 6.5 million for all of
2012.

There were also more than 450,000 asylum applications, although this
was about the same levels from the same period a year ago, said UNHCR.

"It is hard to see such numbers and not ask why so many people are
today becoming refugees or internally displaced," said António
Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

"Humanitarian organizations deliver life-saving assistance, but we
can't prevent or stop wars – that requires political effort and
political will and this is where much more concerted international
focus needs to be placed."

Globally, forced displacement – at 45.2 million as of the end of 2012
– is already at its highest level since the early 1990s due
overwhelmingly to an escalation of new conflicts, the agency noted.

UNHCR also said that 189,300 refugees returned to their countries of
origin during the first six months of 2013, while 33,700 were
resettled in third countries. Some 688,000 IDPs returned home in
countries where UNHCR works in IDP situations.

Afghanistan remained the world's leading source country of refugees
overall (2.6 million), and Pakistan the largest refugee-hosting
country (1.6 million).

UNHCR publishes yearly worldwide data on forced displacement each June
in its Global Trends reports.Dec 20 2013 12:00PM
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