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Inside Europe: Refugee numbers at record high

Keith Walker
June 21, 2019

More than 2 million people were forced to flee their homes last year, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. Its annual 'Global Trends' report has just been released and it puts the number of the displaced people worldwide to a record 70.8 million. Keith Walker speaks with Adrian Edwards, head of news and media at UNHCR headquarters in Geneva, who puts that figure into context.

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