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The Human Face of the World's Refugee Crisis

A record number 65.3 million people were either refugees, asylum-seekers or internally displaced in 2015, affecting 1 in every 112 people on the planet, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees' Global Trends report said Monday as it marks International World Refugee Day. 

Much of the exodus has been the result of fighting in Syria, Afghanistan, Burundi and South Sudan, bringing the total number of refugees in the world to 21.3 million, half of which are children.

 

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Turkish authorities recover the body of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi.
Turkish authorities recover the body of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi. Photo:Reuters
Abdullah Kurdi, father of three-year old Aylan Kurdi, cries as he leaves a morgue in Mugla, Turkey, September 3, 2015.
Abdullah Kurdi, father of three-year old Aylan Kurdi, cries as he leaves a morgue in Mugla, Turkey, September 3, 2015. Photo:Reuters
Syrian Kurdish refugees pass a boy over a fence on the Hungarian-Serbian border near Asotthalom, Hungary August 25, 2015. Hungary's government has started to construct a 175-km-long (110-mile-long) fence on its border with Serbia in order to halt a massive flow of migrants who enter the European Union (EU) via Hungary and head to western Europe
Syrian Kurdish refugees pass a boy over a fence on the Hungarian-Serbian border near Asotthalom, Hungary August 25, 2015. Hungary's government has started to construct a 175-km-long (110-mile-long) fence on its border with Serbia in order to halt a massive flow of migrants who enter the European Union (EU) via Hungary and head to western Europe Photo:Reuters
A Syrian refugee from Aleppo holds his one month old daughter moments after arriving on a dinghy on the Greek island of Lesbos, September 3, 2015.
A Syrian refugee from Aleppo holds his one month old daughter moments after arriving on a dinghy on the Greek island of Lesbos, September 3, 2015. Photo:Reuters
A Syrian refugee hands a girl to another migrant over the Hungarian-Serbian border fence, as they cross into Hungary near Roszke, August 26, 2015.
A Syrian refugee hands a girl to another migrant over the Hungarian-Serbian border fence, as they cross into Hungary near Roszke, August 26, 2015. Photo:Reuters
A child holds a self-made placard reading
A child holds a self-made placard reading "SOS help me" outside the railways station in Budapest, Hungary September 2, 2015. Photo:Reuters
Hungarian policemen stand by a refugee holding a baby at the railway station in the town of Bicske, Hungary, September 3, 2015. A camp for refugees and asylum seekers is located in Bicske.
Hungarian policemen stand by a refugee holding a baby at the railway station in the town of Bicske, Hungary, September 3, 2015. A camp for refugees and asylum seekers is located in Bicske. Photo:Reuters
A refugee, hoping to cross into Hungary, walks along a railway track near the village of Horgos in Serbia, towards the border it shares with Hungary, September 1, 2015.
A refugee, hoping to cross into Hungary, walks along a railway track near the village of Horgos in Serbia, towards the border it shares with Hungary, September 1, 2015. Photo:Reuters
A refugee boy looks at a Hungarian policeman at the railway station in the town of Bicske, Hungary, September 3, 2015. A camp for refugees and asylum seekers is located in Bicske.
A refugee boy looks at a Hungarian policeman at the railway station in the town of Bicske, Hungary, September 3, 2015. A camp for refugees and asylum seekers is located in Bicske. Photo:Reuters
A morgue employee places coffins containing the bodies of drowned Syrian refugees into a vehicle to transport them to the airport in Mugla, Turkey, September 3, 2015.
A morgue employee places coffins containing the bodies of drowned Syrian refugees into a vehicle to transport them to the airport in Mugla, Turkey, September 3, 2015. Photo:Reuters
Hungarian policemen stand by the family of refugees as they wanted to run away at the railway station in the town of Bicske, Hungary, September 3, 2015.
Hungarian policemen stand by the family of refugees as they wanted to run away at the railway station in the town of Bicske, Hungary, September 3, 2015. Photo:Reuters
Refugees rush to cross into Macedonia after Macedonian police allowed a small group of people to pass through a passageway, as they try to regulate the flow of migrants at the Macedonian-Greek border September 2, 2015.
Refugees rush to cross into Macedonia after Macedonian police allowed a small group of people to pass through a passageway, as they try to regulate the flow of migrants at the Macedonian-Greek border September 2, 2015. Photo:Reuters
A woman sits among sleeping migrants near the Keleti railway station in Budapest, Hungary, September 3, 2015. Over 2,000 migrants, many of them refugees from conflicts in the Middle East and Africa, had been camped in front of the Keleti Railway Terminus, closed to them by authorities saying European Union rules bar travel by those without valid documents.
A woman sits among sleeping migrants near the Keleti railway station in Budapest, Hungary, September 3, 2015. Over 2,000 migrants, many of them refugees from conflicts in the Middle East and Africa, had been camped in front of the Keleti Railway Terminus, closed to them by authorities saying European Union rules bar travel by those without valid documents. Photo:Reuters
Refugee children sleep next to their mother at a makeshift camp in an underground station in front of the Keleti railway station in Budapest, Hungary, September 3, 2015.
Refugee children sleep next to their mother at a makeshift camp in an underground station in front of the Keleti railway station in Budapest, Hungary, September 3, 2015. Photo:Reuters
A young man collapses as he lines up with other migrants for a registration procedure at the port of Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos, September 3, 2015.
A young man collapses as he lines up with other migrants for a registration procedure at the port of Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos, September 3, 2015. Photo:Reuters
Syrian refugees run after crossing under a fence as they enter Hungary, at the border with Serbia, near Roszke, August 27, 2015. Hungary made plans on Wednesday to reinforce its southern border with helicopters, mounted police and dogs, and was also considering using the army as record numbers of migrants, many of them Syrian refugees, passed through coils of razor-wire into Europe.
Syrian refugees run after crossing under a fence as they enter Hungary, at the border with Serbia, near Roszke, August 27, 2015. Hungary made plans on Wednesday to reinforce its southern border with helicopters, mounted police and dogs, and was also considering using the army as record numbers of migrants, many of them Syrian refugees, passed through coils of razor-wire into Europe. Photo:Reuters
Migrants and refugees beg Macedonian policemen to allow passage to cross the border from Greece into Macedonia during a rainstorm, near the Greek village of Idomeni, September 10, 2015.
Migrants and refugees beg Macedonian policemen to allow passage to cross the border from Greece into Macedonia during a rainstorm, near the Greek village of Idomeni, September 10, 2015. Photo:Reuters
An injured refugee stands in a park during an event to mark World Refugee Day in Belgrade, Serbia June 20, 2016.
An injured refugee stands in a park during an event to mark World Refugee Day in Belgrade, Serbia June 20, 2016. Photo:Reuters
An injured refugee stands in a park during an event to mark World Refugee Day in Belgrade, Serbia June 20, 2016.
An injured refugee stands in a park during an event to mark World Refugee Day in Belgrade, Serbia June 20, 2016. Photo:Reuters
Published 20 June 2016
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