UN wants to resettle 10 percent of the world's refugees

May 09, 2016 23:08

A new UN plan to tackle the worst refugee crisis since World War II would aim to resettle at least 10 percent of refugees annually, piling pressure on countries to open up their doors to those fleeing wars and

disasters.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon outlined the proposal for a new "global compact on responsibility-sharing" today to address the crisis from the 60 million refugees and displaced people worldwide.

The United Nations hopes that new deal will lift some of the burden on developing countries in the refugee crisis, which has been fueled by the five-year war in Syria and other conflicts.

The proposal calls for resettling at least 10 percent of the global refugee population of 19.6 million annually under a scheme that would be negotiated at the United Nations.

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