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<p> </p><p>The Department for International Development (DFID) is concerned by the
increase in the number of people displaced from their homes in 2013 as highlighted
in the Global Trends report. The report indicates the number of refugees, asylum-seekers
and internally displaced around the world now stands at 51.2 million, an increase
of 6 million reported in 2012 and, for the first time since the end of World War II,
exceeding 50 million people.</p><p> </p><p>DFID is providing assistance to refugees
and internally displaced people in many of the world’s major crises. One of the agencies
receiving support is the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which
works in over 120 country contexts to assist displaced people, including: Syria, Kenya,
South Sudan and Afghanistan. This assistance helps to meet basic needs and helps displaced
people rebuild their lives whilst they await return, integration into their new community/country
or resettlement. Last year UNHCR received £94 million in UK funding.</p><p> </p>
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