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

The number of people in the world forcibly displaced has reached its highest level on record and doubled in the past decade.

A Rohingya Muslims woman reacts after a fire damaged her shanti at the Rohingya refugee camp at the Kalindi Kunj area in New Delhi, India, 13 June 2021. Source: EPA

That’s the finding by the United Nation's peak refugee body, in its annual report.

Aid agencies say the numbers would be even higher, if COVID hadn’t shut down international borders.

Kulasegaram Sanchayan reports in Tamil with a feature written by Omar Dehen.

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