The United Nations on Wednesday has reported a record of 70.8 million people displaced as a result of war and persecution in developing countries in 2018.
According to the U.N. refugee agency annual flagship report, Global Trends, half of the worlds displaced persons are children and the records for 2018 is the highest in over half a century, a double of the records of 20 years ago.
But the figure is “conservative”, as it does not include most of the 4 million Venezuelans who have fled abroad since 2015, it said.
UNHCR
Last year we reported 68.5 approximately million people, refugees, displaced people, meaning refugees in the wrong country, asylum seekers and this year the figure has increased by almost close to 71 million people.
UNHCR
This is because Venezuelans do not need visas or to lodge asylum claims to stay in most host countries. If the outflow continues, a total of 5 million Venezuelans could have left by year-end, it added.
Filippo Grandi, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees urged for a political solution in the country.
Venezuelans arriving mainly in Colombia, Peru and Ecuador formed the second biggest flow of newly displaced abroad last year, after Syrians fleeing to Turkey after eight years of war, the agency said.
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