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According to a new report released by the UN refugee agency on Friday, developing countries, including many in Africa, now host 86 per cent of the worlds refugees, up from 70 per cent 10 years ago.
Sub-Saharan Africa hosts one-quarter of all refugees in the world, according to the report by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
The UNHCR report shows that the number of refugees, asylum- seekers, and internally displaced people worldwide, has topped 50 million for the first time since World War II.
According to the UNHCR's annual Global Trends report, 51.2 million people were forcibly displaced at the end of 2013, six million more than the 45.2 million reported in 2012.
The report is based on data compiled by governments, Non-governmental organisations, and from the organisation's own records.
This massive increase was driven mainly by the war in Syria, which at the end of last year had forced 2.5 million people to leave the country and made 6.5 million to be internally displaced.
Sub-Saharan Africa hosts one-quarter of all refugees in the world, according to the report by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
The UNHCR report shows that the number of refugees, asylum- seekers, and internally displaced people worldwide, has topped 50 million for the first time since World War II.
According to the UNHCR's annual Global Trends report, 51.2 million people were forcibly displaced at the end of 2013, six million more than the 45.2 million reported in 2012.
The report is based on data compiled by governments, Non-governmental organisations, and from the organisation's own records.
This massive increase was driven mainly by the war in Syria, which at the end of last year had forced 2.5 million people to leave the country and made 6.5 million to be internally displaced.