On June 20, 2016, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), which tracks forced displacement worldwide based on data from governments, partner agencies, and UNHCR’s own reporting, issued a report stating that a total of 65.3 million people were displaced at the end of 2015, compared with 59.5 million just twelve months earlier. At the end of 2013, that number had stood at 51.2 million, and a decade ago at 37.5 million. Moreover, the report said the situation was likely to worsen further. Globally, 1 in every 122 humans is now either a refugee, internally displaced, or seeking asylum. If this
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