World Refugee Day: 65M people were forcibly displaced from their homes last year
Source: usaToday
N'dea Yancey-Bragg Published 2:47 p.m. ET June 20, 2017 | Updated 2 hours ago
The total of those displaced from their homes worldwide in 2016 was about 300,000 more than in 2015, according to a U.N. refugee agency report. Video provided by Newsy Newslook
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The report was released ahead of World Refugee Day, the June 20 commemoration of the bravery and endurance of those fleeing from violence and persecution around the world.
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Children account for more than half of the 22.5 million refugees seeking asylum, and a growing number of them are travelling alone.
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Day of resistance
World Refugee Day is not only a day to honor the courage of people forced from their homes, but also a day of resistance. Amnesty International is hosting a rally in front of the White House Tuesday to celebrate the contributions refugees make to the U.S. and denounce policies of the Trump Administration the group feels are discriminatory...
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Trump’s travel ban — which has been blocked three times by federal courts — would have suspended the refugee program and directly affected citizens from countries that produce some of the highest numbers of refugees including Syria, Sudan, Iraq, and Yemen....
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/06/20/world-refugee-day-record-number-people-displaced-2016/412566001/
I can not imagine being forced to leave my country because of wars, drought, or whatever!!
Activists of human rights organization Amnesty International gather in front of the Pantheon during a flashmob on World Refugee Day, in central Rome on June 20, 2017. (Photo: Alberto Pizzoli AFP/Getty Images)
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Today's #SignOfResistance is in honor of #WorldRefugeeDay. Refugees are welcome here, now and always.
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