On World Refugee Day 2019, Record Numbers of People Displaced Globally
In honor of World Refugee Day 2019, the International Rescue Committee in Atlanta gathered to bring attention to Georgia’s role in the mounting global refugee crisis.
Joseph McBrayer/IRC in Atlanta
Thursday is World Refugee Day. And on this day, the global population of forcibly displaced people is at a record high. New numbers from the U.N. Refugee Agency put the number at 70.8 million people. That’s up 40 percent from a decade ago.
To offer some context to those numbers, including how Georgia fits into the global picture, All Things Considered host Jim Burress sat down with J.D. McCrary, the executive director of the International Rescue Committee in Atlanta.
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