Refugee agency says millions displaced in Asia, MidEast
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![The UNHCR says there 67 million displaced persons around the world. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/base/lanka_refugee_040906_rtr.jpg "The UNHCR says there 67 million displaced persons around the world. [Reuters]")
The UNHCR says there 67 million displaced persons around the world. [Reuters]
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says there are more displaced people in the world than ever before with the bulk of them come from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Our Europe correspondent, Rafael Epstein reports that at the launch of their report in London, the UN agency said there are 67 million people who've been forced out of their homes by conflict, persecution and natural disasters.
In recent years, resettlement in Afghanistan had seen numbers drop, but in 2007 the total cared for by the UNHCR jumped by three million people, and the UN says the number is likely to rise.
There are 3.1 million Afghan refugees, mostly now in Pakistan and Iran and 2.3 million Iraqis, with many of them now in Syria and Jordan.
In addition there are also 2.4 million people still in Iraq who've been forced to leave their homes.
