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For: The Opinion Updated 22 May 2022, 05: 53 pm EDT
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) established that the number of people who are forced to fleeing conflicts, violence, human rights violations and persecution has exceeded the historical goal of the 100,04,04 of individuals.
“100,,000 is a very tough number: sobering and alarming in equal measure. It is a record that should never have been reached“, affirmed the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
The positive conclusion that Filippo Grandi drew about this registry is that “it should serve as a wake-up call that allows the most destructive conflicts to be resolved and prevented, to end persecution and address the causes underlying causes that force innocent people to flee their homes”.
According to the new data of the Agency, the number of forcibly displaced people worldwide increased to 90,,000 at the end of 2021, driven by new waves of violence or conflicts of long-term in countries such as Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Myanmar, Nigeria, Afghanistan and the Dem Republic ocratic of the Congo.
To this figure we must add the internal displacement of 8,000,000 of people caused by the war in Ukraine this year and the more than six million departures of refugees from that country.
The total figure, which represents more than 1% of the world population, would be equivalent to 14th most populous country in the world and includes refugees and asylum seekers, as well as 53,800,000 of people displaced within its borders due to conflicts, according to a recent report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center.
All crises in the world require a response similar to that of the war in Ucr ania
Grandi described the international response to people fleeing the conflict in Ukraine as “ extraordinarily positive” and, in turn, highlighted that “ compassion remains alive”. However, he stressed that a similar mobilization is necessary for all crises at the global level.
“Ultimately, humanitarian aid is a palliative (remedy), not a cure. The only answer to reverse this trend is peace and stability, so that innocent people are not forced to choose between grave danger at home or flight and exile in precarious conditions,” he stressed.
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