Refugees wait to cross the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece December 4, 2015. Photo: REUTERS GENEVA: The number of people forcibly displaced worldwide is likely to have “far surpassed” a record 60 million this year, mainly driven by the Syrian war and other protracted conflicts, the United Nations said on Friday. The estimated figure includes 20.2 million refugees fleeing wars and persecution, the most since 1992, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a report. Nearly 2.5 million asylum seekers have requests pending, with Germany, Russia and the United States receiving the highest numbers of …read more
Source: The Himalayan Times
