There are more and more protracted crises. and the result is an exponential increase in humanitarian needs. The worldwide displacement from wars. conflict. and persecution in 2014 was the highest level recorded and accelerating fast. escalating to 60 million last year from 51.2 million in 2013. and a dramatic increase from the 37.5 million of a decade ago. We are on course to over double the number of refugees worldwide. The increase since 2013 was the highest ever seen in a single year. Syria is still the worlds largest producer of internally displaced persons at 7.6 million and refugees at nearly 4 million. The 60 million that I previously mentioned can be broken down to 20 million refugees. over 38 million internally displaced persons. and 1.8 million asylum seekers. The magnitude of the Syrian disaster is perhaps the most shocking. After 4 years of conflict. the situation is increasingly desperate for both the refugees and the host countries such as Jordan. Lebanon. Turkey. and northern Iraq.
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