Number of refugees safely resettled to hit record low, warns UNHCR
by Jamie Grierson Home affairs correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5AJT4)
UN urges UK to restart programme of resettlement suspended during pandemic
The number of refugees resettled in safe countries will hit a record low in 2020, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has warned, as it urged the UK government to restart its flagship programme.
According to the latest data from the UNHCR, as at the end September, only 15,425 refugees have been resettled globally, compared with 63,726 in 2019, 55,680 in 2018, 65,108 in 2017 and 126,291 in 2016.
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