With You, 2018,Volume 2
With You, The Quarterly Newsletter of UNHCR Philippines, 2018, Vol. 2
With You, The Quarterly Newsletter of UNHCR Philippines, 2018, Vol. 2
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Special Feature<br />
Imagine hearing gunshots and screaming from<br />
your home. <strong>You</strong> panic. Maybe you would take your<br />
children, maybe you are able to take a few<br />
belongings, maybe you were not able to take<br />
anything. One thing is for sure: you want to be<br />
away from danger. This is a scenario that plays out<br />
for millions of people forced to flee their homes.<br />
There are 68.5 million people who fled from their<br />
homes last year due to war, conflict, violence, and<br />
persecution according to UNHCR’s Global Trends<br />
Report. For the fifth year in a row, global<br />
displacement hits a record high.<br />
© UNHCR/A. McConnell<br />
One person is forced to flee every two seconds,<br />
according to the 2017 Global Trends Report<br />
In the Philippines, more than 350,000 persons fled<br />
their home because of the fighting in Marawi that<br />
erupted in May 2017. It’s been a year since the<br />
conflict, yet 17,000 Filipino families remain displaced.<br />
For those who are forced to flee their nations due to<br />
persecution and conflict, seeking asylum in<br />
neighboring countries becomes their hope. Last<br />
year, there were 3.1 million people applying for<br />
asylum. The United States, whose major applicants<br />
are Salvadorans, received the most claims at<br />
331,700. Globally, 10 million people are still at risk of<br />
statelessness.<br />
Among this number, a total of 28.5 million are<br />
considered as refugees and asylum seekers,<br />
families who are seeking safety in nearby<br />
countries. Two-thirds of the world’s refugees are<br />
from Syria, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Myanmar,<br />
and Somalia.<br />
Last year, more than 40 million people were<br />
considered internally displaced persons or IDPs.<br />
These are individuals who are seeking safety within<br />
their own home country.<br />
The 68.5 million displaced population across the<br />
world are not just figures. These are lives—fathers,<br />
mothers, children who lost their homes, their<br />
livelihoods, their schooling, maybe even their loved<br />
ones.<br />
It is through your help that we are able to respond<br />
with emergency aid to help save the lives of these<br />
families. Through your help, we are able to stand<br />
#<strong>With</strong>Refugees in a time of unprecedented global<br />
displacement. Here are some of the people that you<br />
have stood with in their time of greatest need.<br />
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