Monitoring Desk
NEW YORK: The United Nations refugee agency said Monday that 100 million people were forced to flee their homes in 2022 worldwide. The UN agency said that conflict, violence, human rights violations, and persecution had forced these people to leave their homes and countries.
It was announced by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) in May. Filippo Grandi, the chief of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) termed it a record that should never have been set.
Violence and conflicts were the main migration factors in several parts of the globe including Ukraine, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Syria, and Myanmar.
Conflicts are the main migration factors: UN
Thousands of anxious refugees looked to the west as a favored destination, endangering their lives in the hands of human traffickers, and setting off on dangerous trips across the Mediterranean. All too often these journeys ended in disaster.
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The head of the IOM Mission in Yemen said that the situation is also getting worse for migrants in the country, especially for women, who are living in dire conditions with little control over their lives.
UN refugee agency said that by December, more than 7.8 million Ukrainian refugees had been recorded across Europe. In Ethiopia, millions of people remain displaced because of the armed conflict in the Tigray region. The UN said that 90 million had left their homes in 2021.
