The number of people forced to flee their homes has increased every year in the last decade, and is now higher since data began to be recorded, says the latest statistical report from UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency. .
The “Global Trends 2021” highlights that at the end of last year, there were 89.3 million people on the run, an increase of 8% compared to 2020 and well over double the figure recorded 10 years ago.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine and other emergencies such as in Africa or Afghanistan pushed the figure to exceed the dramatic threshold of 100 million in May 2022.
