Sentences with phrase «people displaced worldwide»

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At the end of 2013 — even before the Iraq crisis forced an estimated 1.8 million Iraqis from their homes — around 51.2 million people worldwide had been forcibly displaced due to «persecution, conflict, generalised violence or human rights violations», according to the UN News Centre.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that worldwide there are 50 million refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced people.

The humanitarian crises in Europe, the Middle East, north Africa, and central Asia have led to more displaced people, asylum seekers, and refugees worldwide than at any time since the second world war.

Coastal submersion could displace as many as 1.3 billion people worldwide, a number that now accounts for approximately 19 percent of the world's population.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Australian actor calls for renewed compassion for displaced people worldwide

65.6 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide at the end of 2016 as a result of war and natural disasters.

With more than 45.2 million displaced people worldwide in 2013 - the highest in 18 years according to the UN Refugee Agency (1)- and increasingly strict border controls in developed countries, the world faces a dilemma where the tension between respect for human rights is perceived to chafe with national security and economic interests.

Nearly 60 million people worldwide have been displaced due to conflict, war, and human rights violations, yet there is an enormous funding gap for humanitarian agencies seeking to provide food, housing, medical care, and other assistance.

Barry currently has two pieces on view in Boston: Imagination, Dead Imagine at the ICA and Untitled: (Global Displacement: nearly 1 in 100 people worldwide are displaced from their homes)(2018).

The mural, «Untitled: (Global displacement: nearly 1 in 100 people worldwide are displaced from their homes),» featuring a digital collage of a similar scene, is on view through June.

The exhibition is informed by Ai's own life experience and by the plight of displaced people worldwide today, as documented in his newly released film Human Flow.

In 2009, 19.2 million people were recognized as displaced by environmental disasters worldwide and that number is projected to increase at an alarming rate, primarily due to the pressures of climate change.

Recent United Nations figures suggest that more than 60 million individuals worldwide are refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced persons.

Such an event will displace millions of people worldwide.»

This guidance document presents WFP's SAFE initiative adopts a multi-faceted approach to meet the energy needs of displaced people worldwide through sustainable energy - related activities, protecting both people and the environment.

The collapse could lead to a sea level rise of nearly 10 feet (3 meters), which would engulf major U.S. cities such as New York and Miami and displace 150 million people living on coasts worldwide.

According to the statistics of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2016), 65.6 million people have been forcibly displaced worldwide, i..