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UN: Alarming rise in refugees

June 20, 2013

The UN is sounding the alarm, after a new study shows that more than 45 million people have been displaced around the world. The main reasons are war, poverty and religous persecution. The conflict in Syria has contributed to the biggest rise in global refugees since 1994.

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