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THE United Nations warned yesterday that the number of people forcibly displaced worldwide this year is likely to have “far surpassed” the record of 60 million.
In particular, 20.2 million refugees have fled wars and persecution — the most since 1992 — according to the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Nearly 2.5 million asylum-seekers have applications pending, with Germany, Russia and the US receiving the highest numbers of nearly a million new claims lodged in the first half of the year.
Listening to our own communities and organising within them holds the key to stopping the advance of Reform UK and other far-right initiatives, posits TONY CONWAY
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE
