African Union Commemorates the World Refugee Day 2023 au.int - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from au.int Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
There are various causes of forced migration, with war and protracted armed conflict predominating. A mere five countries, not including the war presently in Ukraine, account for 68 percent of the world’s forcibly displaced: Syria, Venezuela, Afghanistan, South Sudan, and Myanmar. The prime characteristics of all these countries - save Venezuela which is a special case - is that they have been embroiled in protracted armed conflict for decades. The top ten refugee producing countries in the world today have been marred in war and protracted armed conflict for years. Indeed, one of the consequences of war is, of course, the mass production of refugees. Something that everyone has been witnessing with Russia’s illegal invasion of the Ukraine is the millions of forced migrants that have been produced. It is patently obvious that forced migration or displacement is a byproduct of war and protracted armed conflict. This Research Topic in Frontiers in Human Dynamics is dedicated to the t