About 123 million remain forcibly displaced as a result of conflict, violence, persecution and human rights violations.

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency says the number of people forcible displaced by violence and persecution around the world has risen to more than 122 million, up by about 2 million from last year and a near-doubling over the last decade.

Displace Over 122 Million People as Aid Funding Falls, UN Says By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The number of people displaced by war and persecution around the world climbed above 122 million this year due to a failure to resolve multi-year conflicts such as those in Sudan and Ukraine,

Figures recorded at the end of last year show that global displacement has almost doubled over the last decade.View on euronews

The United Nations Refugee agency says a record 123 million people were forcibly displaced last year, 40 percent of them children. Katharina Thote, the UNHCR representative in Germany spoke about the reasons for those high numbers.