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Briefing by Mr. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, in the 8083rd meeting of the Security Council.
Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said the number of forcibly displaced people was now approaching 66 million, and they included 17.2 million refugees under the responsibility of his office. Syria and Iraq accounted for a quarter of all forcibly displaced people, and new crises had developed in Libya, Mali, Ukraine, Yemen and in the Lake Chad Basin area. In Northern Central America, gang violence had become a main cause of displacement, he said, adding that protracted crises remained entrenched in Afghanistan and Somalia.
Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said the number of forcibly displaced people was now approaching 66 million, and they included 17.2 million refugees under the responsibility of his office. Syria and Iraq accounted for a quarter of all forcibly displaced people, and new crises had developed in Libya, Mali, Ukraine, Yemen and in the Lake Chad Basin area. In Northern Central America, gang violence had become a main cause of displacement, he said, adding that protracted crises remained entrenched in Afghanistan and Somalia.
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