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UNHCR chief: global displacement remains high though Syria shows signs of return
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Filippo Grandi told UN podcast listeners that while global displacement remains at an estimated 117 million people, recent data show slight declines driven partly by returns to Syria and forced returns of Afghans; he cited conflict, political paralysis and climate change as primary drivers.
Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said the global number of displaced people remains "a huge figure" at about 117,000,000, though the latest UNHCR figures show a small dip for the first time in a decade.
On the United Nations podcast Awake at Night, Grandi attributed the broad rise in displacement over recent years to a failure of political solutions and the accumulation of unresolved conflicts. "We have become a…
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