An estimated 100 million people around the world are forcibly displaced, the highest number on record, according to the United Nations:
A young migrant cries after illegally crossing the Rio Grande River with her family in Eagle Pass, Texas, on May 22, 2022.
The figure represents 1% of the world's population and would be equivalent to the 14th most populous country, the U.N. said in itsAt the end of 2021, 90 million had been displaced from their countries, including 14.4 million people displaced within their countries' borders due to violence. An estimated 23.7 million people, mostly in the Asia-Pacific region, were displaced internally in 2021 due to natural disasters.
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