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UN: World Has 65M Refugees, Most Ever

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Displaced by conflict.

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The world has more refugees right now than ever before, passing the previous record of 60 million, the UN refugee agency reports. More than half of those come from Syria, Afghanistan, and Somalia. The agency estimates 65.3 million people have been displaced by conflict. That number represents one out of every 113 people on the planet.

Read it at BBC News