Security Council LIVE: Rising tide of forced displacement

What you need to know

  • 41.6 million people worldwide are refugees
  • 5.9 million Palestine refugees are served by the UN relief works agency, UNRWA
  • 68.7 million people are displaced within their own country due to conflict or violence
  • Most refugees – 68 per cent – are hosted by low and middle-income countries
  • The legal basis for UNHCR’s work is the 1951 Refugee Convention
  • Funding cuts are sharply reducing the number of people the UN agencies can help

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