UNHCR: Numbers of Refugees in World Hit Record High This Week

UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported that the number of refugees worldwide reached a record high earlier this week.

According to UNHCR's Global Trends Report, the number of children displaced reached a record high of 43.3 million in 2023, meaning there are currently more children displaced in the world than people living in Canada, the population of which recently reached 40 million.

The agency's new study also showed that 108.4 million people living under forced displacement around the world as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations, and other events.

Moreover, the UNHCR’s global estimates of refugees and asylum-seekers worldwide reached 35.4 million by the end of May 2023.