The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) confirmed that the number of refugee children around the world represents a large share of the number of people fleeing their countries.
This is not commensurate with children who represent the future to shape the world.
The UNHCR said on its Twitter account that more than 40% of refugees are children under 18 (U-18).
Under the age of eighteen years, the UN agency appealed to all countries around the world to do more to provide shelter for millions of refugees and others who have been displaced by conflict, persecution, or events that seriously disturb public order.
A report released today showed that forced displacement now affects more than one percent of the world's population - specifically 1 out of 97 people - with more and more of those fleeing unable to return to their homes.
The annual Global Trends report issued by the UNHCR shows that 79.5 million people have been displaced from their homes by the end of 2019, a number that UNHCR has never seen higher than before.
The report also indicates that the refugees' opportunities are dwindling in terms of hopes of seeing a quick end to their plight.
In the 1990s, an average of 1.5 million refugees was able to return home each year.
The United Nations (UN) has warned that nearly 70 million people around the world, half of them children, fled persecution and conflict, sought asylum, or were internally displaced in 2017, and those numbers are rising every year.
Meanwhile, the humanitarian commitment of nations, once a norm, has given way to nativism.
The host countries who have opened their arms — most of them, developing nations — feel abandoned by the international community.
The UN, humanitarian agencies, the private sector, and civil society face enormous hurdles in making positive contributions to the refugee system.
The authoritarian regimes responsible for displacing people are not held accountable, and prohibitions in international law are outdated and ignored.
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