Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Number of displaced people hits highest since WWII. Some 51.2 million people were forcibly displaced (UN)

The UN refugee chief warned on Tuesday that the number of people displaced due to conflicts has hit the highest point since the World War II.

Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, made the comments during a Conference of Turkish Ambassadors held in the capital Ankara.


Some 51.2 million people were forcibly displaced after World War II in line with figures released at the end of 2013, Guterres said.

  • Some 13 million people were displaced fleeing the ongoing clashes in Syria, the UN refugee agency chief said, noting that two million people fled Iraq.
He welcomed Turkey's efforts for hosting over 1.6 million refugees, saying that the country was considered as "power for humanitarian assistance."

Along with Pakistan, Turkey is hosting the highest number of refugees on its territory, he said.

Meanwhile, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Turkey has spent over 4 billion US dollars on refugees so far and the country only took 150 million dollars from international donors.

Turkey has been calling for the establishment of a buffer zone in Syria and Iraq for providing care for the refugees rather than doing so inside Turkey. It also seeks to set up a no-fly zone over the protected area.

 Source:Xinhua - globaltimes.cn
6/1/15
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1 comment :

  1. 46,3 Millionen Menschen haben Mitte 2014 als Flüchtlinge gelebt, teilen die Vereinten Nationen im am Mittwoch veröffentlichten Halbjahresbericht des UN-Flüchtlingskommissariats (UNHCR) mit....

    Laut Flüchtlingskommissar António Guterres ist die Zahl der Personen unter dem UNHCR-Mandat 2014 beispiellos angestiegen. „Das ist ein neuer Rekordwert mit über 3,4 Millionen Betroffenen mehr als 2013“, betonte er.

    "Solange die internationale Gemeinschaft aber versagt, politische Lösungen für die jetzigen Konflikte zu finden und den Ausbruch neuer Krisen zu verhindern, werden wir weiterhin mit dramatischen humanitären Konsequenzen konfrontiert sein", so Guterres.

    Der Hintergrund für die zugenommene Zahl der Flüchtlinge seien die Kriege im Nahen Osten und in Afrika, wird in dem Bericht betont. Die Hauptherkunftsstaaten sind Syrien, Afghanistan, Sudan, der Südsudan, die Demokratische Republik Kongo, Myanmar und der Irak. Mit mehr als drei Millionen machen Syrer 23 Prozent und damit den größten Anteil der Flüchtlinge aus.
    http://de.sputniknews.com/panorama/20150107/300510441.html
    7/1/15

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