Refugee numbers drop for first time in a decade, but millions remain trapped

© UNICEF/Royena Rasnat A group of Rohingya refugee children attend an activity centre in Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh.This article is published in association with United Nations. Global forced displacement has decreased for the first time in a decade, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported on Thursday, though the figure remains unacceptably high and tens of millions of people are still trapped in prolonged exile with little prospect of rebuilding their lives. UNHCR‘s flagship […]
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