Tuesday, June 17, 2008

My Way News - Number of refugees worldwide rises to 11.4 million
AP reports: "The display, set up to mark World Refugee Day this week, came as the U.N. refugee agency reported a record 11.4 million people were driven from their home countries last year."

Comment: People are being forced from their homes and countries in record numbers. This has always been a low-level problem, refugees are a perpetual consequence of war, famine and disaster, but as these things increase, so do the flow of refugees.

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