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On World Refugee Day 2023, the numbers of refugees and displaced people worldwide are higher than ever before. FRANCE 24 takes a look at the key figures.
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There were 108.4 million displaced people and refugees in the world at the end of 2022 as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or disruptions to public order, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). This is a 23% increase since the end of 2021. The upward trend is likely to continue due to the war in Ukraine and the conflict in Sudan.
Since the Russian invasion in February 2022, some 8 million people have left Ukraine to live in EU countries. Most are women and children. This is a fraction of the 20 million refugees who have left Ukraine in total.
Cyprus is one of Europe’s major points of entry for refugees. Of the Mediterranean island’s population of 915,000 people, 6% are asylum seekers, according to local authorities. Compared with its population size, Cyprus received the highest rate of first-time applications for asylum of any EU country followed by Croatia, according to Eurostat figures from 2022.
France gave positive responses to 38,789 appeals for asylum in 2022, according to the interior ministry and the office for refugee protection –…
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Source : france24
