Photo: Italian Coast Guard/Massimo Sestini
Ahead of World Refugee Day on June 20, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees released their annual “Global Trends” report on the state of refugees in the world today. The data is staggering. There are now more refugees and internally displaced persons in the world than at any point since World War II – estimated at nearly 60 million that have been driven from their homes by conflict and upheaval.
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As fighting between the government and pro-Russian rebels continues in Eastern Ukraine, displacement from the conflict is reaching new heights. By October, UNHCR estimated that more than 800,000 people have been displaced, representing the largest displacement of people in Europe since the Balkan wars. It is the latest refugee crisis in a year that has seen several, and is stretching resources thin.
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More than 11 years after the government of Sudan and rebel groups in Darfur took up arms against each other, the conflict still rages on. Amid a lack of international attention, civilians still find themselves caught between various rebel and pro-government forces. On their side is supposed to be AU and UN peacekeepers mandated to protect civilians. But while the international community may have a mandate, numerous reports and events in 2014 demonstrate that they lack the will to carry that mandate out.
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