世界難民人數達新高

　　The United Nations refugee agency says a record number of people worldwide have been displaced by war, violence and persecution and the number of people forced to flee their homes is rapidly growing.

　　In a new report issued Thursday, the UNHCR says that at the end of 2014, there were nearly 60 million forcibly displaced people, about 8 million more than the year before and about 20 million more than a decade ago. The increase since 2013 was the highest ever in a single year.

　　A major exodus of people from their homes started in 2011 with the eruption of civil war in Syria; but, in the past five years, armed conflicts and persecution also have sent people fleeing from their homes in Africa, Asia and Europe. Last year 42,500 people a day left their homes due to some type of violence.

　　Syria is currently the world's biggest producer of displaced people and refugees, followed by Afghanistan and Somalia. Syria's neighbor, Turkey, has become the world's top refugee-hosting nation.

　　Greece and Italy are swamped with refugees who want to settle in Europe.

　　結合國災黎署說，天下各地的戰斗、暴力和危害釀成的災黎人數已到達新高，被迫分開故裏的人正在敏捷增多。

　　結合國災黎署木曜日揭櫫的一份新申報說，到2014歲尾，快要6萬萬人顛沛流離。這個數字比一年前增長了約8百萬，比10年前增長了約2萬萬。自2013年以來，增長的災黎人數跨越了以往任何一年。

　　大批職員外流始於2011年，這是敘利亞內戰帶來的效果。但在以往五年時代，非洲、亞洲和歐洲的武裝辯論和危害也迫令人們逃離故裏。客歲，天天有4萬2千5百人因某種情勢的暴力而分開故裏。

　　敘利亞是今朝天下上最大的災黎輸出國，其次是阿富汗和索馬裏。敘利亞的鄰領土耳其是天下上收留災黎至多的國度。

　　希臘和意大利今朝都有大量願望在歐洲假寓的災黎。