聯合國:世界難民人數達新高大綱

The United Nations refugee agency says a record number of people worldwide have been displaced by war, violence and persecution and the number of people forced to flee their homes is rapidly growing.

In a new report issued Thursday, the UNHCR says that at the end of 2014, there were nearly 60 million forcibly displaced people, about 8 million more than the year before and about 20 million more than a decade ago. The increase since 2013 was the highest ever in a single year.

A major exodus of people from their homes started in 2011 with the eruption of civil war in Syria; but, in the past five years, armed conflicts and persecution also have sent people fleeing from their homes in Africa, Asia and Europe. Last year 42,500 people a day left their homes due to some type of violence.

Syria is currently the world's biggest producer of displaced people and refugees, followed by Afghanistan and Somalia. Syria's neighbor, Turkey, has become the world's top refugee-hosting nation.

Greece and Italy are swamped with refugees who want to settle in Europe.聯合國難民署說，世界各地的戰爭、暴力和迫害造成的難民人數已經達到新高，被迫離開家園的人正在迅速增多。

聯合國難民署星期四發表的一份新報告說，到2014年底，將近6千萬人流離失所。這個數字比一年前增加了約8百萬，比10年前增加了約2千萬。自2013年以來，增加的難民人數超過了以往任何一年。

大量人員外流始於2011年，這是敘利亞內戰帶來的後果。但在以往五年期間，非洲、亞洲和歐洲的武裝衝突和迫害也迫使人們逃離家園。去年，每天有4萬2千5百人因某種形式的暴力而離開家園。

敘利亞是目前世界上最大的難民輸出國，其次是阿富汗和索馬里。敘利亞的鄰國土耳其是世界上收容難民最多的國家。希臘和意大利目前都有大批希望在歐洲定居的難民。