100 Million People , Have Been Displaced
From Their Homes, , UN Estimates.
According to Fillippo Grandi,
UN High Commissioner for
Refugees, the number represents
the highest ever recorded.
100 million people displaced equates to
one percent of the global population.
The displacements are due mostly to violence and natural disasters.
One hundred million is a stark figure — sobering and alarming in equal measure. It's a record that should never have been set. , Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner For Refugees, via NPR News.
This must serve as a wake-up call to resolve and prevent destructive conflicts,
end persecution, , Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner For Refugees, via NPR News.
... and address the underlying causes that force innocent people to flee their homes, Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner For Refugees, via NPR News.
More than 53 million people have been displaced
within their own borders as a result of violent conflict.
The statement released by the UN commended
the international effort to assist those who have been displaced from their homes in Ukraine.
The international response to people fleeing war in Ukraine has been overwhelmingly positive, Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner For Refugees, via NPR News.
Compassion is alive, and we need a similar mobilization for all crises around the world, Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner For Refugees, via NPR News.
At the same time, Grandi was realistic about what is necessary to shift the trend of displacement.
But ultimately, humanitarian aid is a palliative, not a cure. , Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner For Refugees, via UN.org.
To reverse this trend, the only answer is peace and stability so that innocent people are not forced to gamble between acute danger at home or precarious flight and exile, Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner For Refugees, via UN.org.
Nearly 14 million people have been displaced as a result of the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces