Human Wrongs Watch
By Adrian Edwards*
UN Refugee Chief calls for ‘redoubled’ solidarity as annual Global Trends report shows displacement doubled in 20 years.
Venezuelan families wade across the Tachira River to seek food and safety in Cúcuta, Colombia. © UNHCR/Vincent Tremeau
Geneva (UNHCR)* – Yet again, wars, violence and persecution have driven record numbers of people from their homes worldwide, according to the latest annual study released on 19 June 2019 by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
The yearly Global Trends report found that 70.8 million children, women and men were forcibly displaced at the close of 2018, the highest number in the organization’s almost 70-year history.
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The World bank funded wars and conflicts which NZ participates in.
Then when the govt can’t even provide Kiwis with houses and health needs it takes 1,000 UN approved refugees in.
Instead of helping it creates refugees and never rebuilds the infrastructure in the countries it wars in.
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