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UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Fillipo Grandi says there is a need to sound the alarm for millions of refuges as the international community marks World Refugee Day on June 20.

In a statement on June 20, Grandi said, “Record numbers of men, women and children – over 122 million people worldwide – have been uprooted from their homes, but their ability to find safety and support is threatened as never before.”

He attributed this ongoing development to abject failure to end conflicts in places such as Sudan, Ukraine, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Gaza Strip in Israel.