By the end of 2021, the number of displaced people worldwide had risen to 90 million, according to the UN. Conflicts in Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Myanmar, Nigeria, Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo are largely responsible. Add to that the war in Ukraine, UNHCR said. There “(were) displaced within the country this year, more than six million refugees from Ukraine were also registered”.
But humanitarian aid is not the answer
Grandi highlighted the “international response to people fleeing the war in Ukraine” as “extremely positive”. “Compassion is alive and we need a similar mobilization for all crises around the world.” Ultimately, however, humanitarian aid is not the answer.