Sounds cheesy and simplistic, but it makes so much sense. As the 70s flower children used to say: Make love, not war... And here's why. 

The number of people forced from their homes by conflict around the world has risen to nearly 44 million, the highest level in a decade, a report by the Norwegian Refugee Council said today.

The number of people displaced inside their own country as a result of conflict stood at 27.5 million in 2010 while a further 16.2 million fled their homeland, according to the report, published to mark World Refugee Day.

The 43.7 million total includes civilian populations which fled in previous years but which have still not returned home.

Half of those classified as internally displaced are concentrated in five countries -- Colombia, Sudan, Iraq, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia. Sixty per cent of the refugees come from the Palestinian Territories, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and the DR Congo.