Wednesday, October 7, 2015

United Nations: UNHCR Excom 2015: A World in Crisis - VIDEO

Published on Oct 5, 2015
The global refugee crisis is so great that the UN refugee agency and other agencies are struggling to respond to and meet all the humanitarian needs they face.

Displacement and refugee exoduses have marked many continents: just in the last twelve months, Yemen has witnessed 1.1 million displaced people and refugees; an additional half a million people fled from their homes in South Sudan; and in Libya, a further 300,000 are now displaced within the country. Elsewhere, tens of thousands flee gang violence in Central America, while 94,000 have crossed the Bay of Bengal in search of protection.

Learn more: http://www.unhcr.org/561286696.html

 

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