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“According to UN refugee agency data, more than 7.8 million Ukrainian refugees were registered across Europe in December, ten months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24 and appears to be expected to last until 2023.UN organizations got ready to help as soon as the violence started.
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In particular, Mr. Morales claimed that people of African origin and other racial and ethnic minorities are treated differently from other refugees in Poland and Belarus.
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More than 3,000 people lost their lives or disappeared while attempting to travel by water to Europe between 2022 and 2021.
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Off the coast of Libya, where many crossings begin, at least 70 migrants died or went missing in March during just one attempt.
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According to UNHCR, countries worldwide have pledged a record $1.13 billion to help those displaced due to conflict, violence, and human rights violations.
The UNHCR published the 100 million statistics in May, and agency chief Filippo Grandi called it “a record that should never have been achieved.” The number includes people escaping conflict, violence, human rights violations, and persecution.
The number has increased from about 90 million in 2021. Violence or long-lasting conflicts caused a lot of people to move around the world, especially in Ukraine, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Syria, and Myanmar.
Thousands of desperate migrants who wanted to get to Europe took dangerous trips across the Mediterranean, putting their lives in the hands of people traffickers.
These adventures ended tragically all too frequently.
Conditions for migrants in Yemen are getting worse
A Saudi-led coalition that backs the government and Houthi rebels and their supporters have been fighting in Yemen for more than seven years. Because of this, more than 4.3 million people have had to leave their homes, which has caused a humanitarian crisis.
The European Union’s Humanitarian Aid branch (ECHO) and the UN agency for migration, IOM, both announced in May that they were stepping up efforts to address the needs of the more than 325,000 people who have been displaced by the conflict, including migrants and the communities that are hosting them.
According to Christa Rottensteiner, the head of the IOM mission in Yemen, “the situation is also getting worse for migrants in Yemen, especially women, who are living in appalling conditions with no control over their lives.”
Even though the situation there is terrible, people who are leaving countries in the Horn of Africa continue to go to and pass through Yemen.
When they get there, travelers have to go on dangerous journeys. Many head north to find work in Gulf countries.
They often have to cross local frontlines under pressure, which puts them at risk of being arrested, treated badly, exploited, and moved against their will.
Thousands more people perish while trying to sail to Europe
More than 3,000 people lost their lives or disappeared while attempting to travel by water to Europe between 2022 and 2021. The UNHCR published this depressing figure in April. At a regular press briefing in Geneva, Shabia Mantoo, a spokesperson for the UNHCR, told reporters that “most of the sea crossings took place in overcrowded, unseaworthy inflatable boats, many of which sank or deflated, killing people.”
Despite the high risk involved, many nevertheless decided to attempt a sea journey. Off the coast of Libya, where many crossings begin, at least 70 migrants died or went missing in March during just one attempt.
In August, a boat sank near the Greek island of Karpathos, and many people were said to have died. More than 70 bodies were found after a shipwreck off the coast of Syria in September.
Aspire to a better future?
In December, it was stated that there was at least one bright spot amidst the sadness and struggles experienced by so many.
According to UNHCR, countries worldwide have pledged a record $1.13 billion to help those displaced due to conflict, violence, and human rights violations.
Mr. Grandi said, “People who have been forced to move around the world because of war, climate disasters, and other disasters face extraordinary challenges.” People still have hope for a better future because the UNHCR keeps getting help from its kind donors.
