Global refugee number hits all-time high: UNHCR

The number of people forced to flee their homes and seek refuge and safety elsewhere for wars, conflict and persecution rose to a record 59.5 million across the globe in 2014, according to a new report of the UN refugee agency.
Wars, conflict and persecution have forced more people than any other time in history to flee their homes and seek refuge, a news agency quoted the report as saying.
UNHCR's annual Global Trends Report: World at War, released on Thursday said that worldwide displacement was at the highest level ever recorded.
It said the number of people forcibly displaced at the end of 2014 had risen to a staggering 59.5 million compared to 51.2 million a year earlier and 37.5 million a decade ago.
The increase represents the biggest leap ever seen in a single year. Besides, the report said the situation was likely to worsen still further.