Refugees surpass 50,000,000; UN pinpoints political incapacity
June 21, 2014  02:06
World Refugee Day brings bad news. For the first time since World War II, the total number of refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced people worldwide has surpassed 50 million.

The UNHCR reports a jump of six million, compared to 2012, to 51.2. The war in Syria contributed the most to this.The UN refugee agency's High Commissioner, Antonio Guterres, said: "There is a general sense of impunity. 

Conflicts emerge, dramatic violations of human rights appear and the international community has lost much of its capacity to prevent conflicts and solve them (in a timely way).'
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