World Refugee Day 2021: Every 96th Person in the World is Homeless

According to UN Refugee Agency Commissioner Filippo Grandi, despite Corona's strict lockdown, 3 million people were displaced in 2020 compared to 2019.
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Image Credit: ANI news

Every 96th person in the world is homeless. The reason is war, repression and depleting resources in many countries. 11 million people are homeless in Syria, which is 45% of the population. There is no country left for 1 crore people.

According to UN Refugee Agency Commissioner Filippo Grandi, despite Corona's strict lockdown, 3 million people were displaced in 2020 compared to 2019. Presenting the condition of homeless people on World Refugee Day on June 20. By 2019, there were 79 million displaced, in 2020 it increased by 4 per cent to 8.24 crore

824 million total people are homeless in the world

  • 4.57 crore internally displaced
  • 2.64 crore are refugees
  • 42 lakh are seeking asylum in other countries
Image Credit: ANI news
Image Credit: ANI news

Syria: Many Kurds in the Northeast were stripped of their citizenship in 1962. There were previously an estimated 300,000 stateless Kurds in Syria. 11 crore people of the country are displaced. 67 lakhs have fled to other countries.

Afghan refugees: There is the third-highest number of Afghan refugees. After the attacks in the US in 2001, the internal war left them homeless.

Rohingya… the world's biggest refugee crisis

Rakhine in Myanmar and Chittagong in Bangladesh. In the 2014 Census, one million Rohingyas were out. In 2017 they had to flee due to violence.

40 thousand Rohingya in India

The government told Parliament in 2017 that there are more than 14,000 Rohingyas living in India. It is estimated that there are around 40,000 Rohingyas in the country. By the way, the number of refugee in the country is about 2 lakh.

Bangladesh: 7 million refugees

There are more than 7 lakh Rohingyas in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar who came in 2017. One lakh refugees are being settled on the 40 sq km Bhasan Char island that emerged 15 years ago in the sea.

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