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The number of refugees in the world has doubled in the last decade

A Rohingya woman reacts after a fire damaged her shanti at a refugee camp in New Delhi, India

A Rohingya woman reacts after a fire damaged her shanti at a refugee camp in New Delhi, India Source: AAP

The number of people globally forcibly displaced has reached its highest level on record and doubled in the past decade. That’s the finding by the United Nation's peak refugee body in its annual report.



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