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Record 65 million people displaced in 2016: UN
Report released ahead of World Refugee Day shows a jump of 300,000 people uprooted over the past year.
- Al Jazeera and news agencies
A record 65.6 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced from their homes due to conflict or persecution by the end of 2016, the United Nations said.
The record number includes 22.5 million refugees, 40.3 million internally displaced people and…