According to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, the number of refugees and internally displaced people has reached its highest point since World War II. The total number of people forced from homes due to violence, has reached up to 60 million. Syria is world’s biggest source of refugees. Adding to the number, natural disasters displace an average of 27 million people each year, based on a 2013 Norwegian Refugee Council report. Global bodies like the UN and activists around the world, call attention towards the plight of refugees across countries.
In 2014, children made up half of the global #refugee population pic.twitter.com/0AELQK22uB
— UNHCR Canberra (@UNHCRCanberra) July 23, 2015
Lack of funds means food shortages for #Syria #refugees. $3.1bn needed urgently.Read & Donate: http://t.co/HWrzbY5wTc pic.twitter.com/bk8qVzy8Xm
— UNHCR NorthernEurope (@UNHCR_NE) July 24, 2015
Tanzania: Services massively overstretched as hundreds of Burundi #refugees pour in everyday http://t.co/4KHQQJhzer pic.twitter.com/dfz8O9SIb3
— Doctors w/o Borders (@MSF_USA) July 20, 2015
@ValerioDeC: “Greece is in trouble, but is welcoming #refugees and #migrants more than other European countries.”
Dina can sleep in peace. The little girl born 1 month ago in Nyarugusu camp for #Burundi #refugees #Tanzania @UNICEF pic.twitter.com/L0l7jY89Bw
— anne boher (@anneboher) July 17, 2015
@bojowbebeh: “Banner above the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre #WeAreSydney #refugees.”
@CAREAustralia: “The faces of the #refugee crisis in #Syria.”