10 Million Refugees Globally!

oh jenny! this is shocking!!! even my country has sheltered so many refugees till date. they leave their countries for the increasing amount of violence and assaults in the name of religion and ofcourse no infra structure to support their livelihood. our country has been quite lenient towards absorbing them but if this continues, it would become a serious issue. may be, making this world a better place to live in, is the only solution but this seems unlikely! thanx for a responsible post, jenny.

Hi Jenny I agree with you too. This is a humanitarian issue which should be addressed globally ,no matter which country you live or where you are from. By nature no one is born as refugee . it is their own fortune or destiny which compelled them to become a refugee in this present world of conflict and war. The more the world is becoming closer to one another and becoming a a tiny village which is the contribution of the modern science and technology ,the more this sensitive issue like refugee and destitute becoming prominent in this global village. This is really a sad aspect of our global family. As we think we are now becoming a global family ,so we cant sit silent seeing our family member displaced from their own home due to the political cause on which thousands of innocent refugees have no hand at all.Hence we all at least show sympathy if we cant help directly.Thanks Jenney to bring fore this valuable topic to public.

I am actually surprised that the biggest numbers are coming from Africa: Darfur and the civil war in the Congo. This is a horrible situation. In Syria (where many Iraqis have fled), Iraqis aren't allowed to get jobs. They just sit and wait or get involved in black market activities. So many professionals have fled Iraq, including doctors and professors and others who are really needed there. Unfortunately, most politics is local. People only care about something like refugees when it impacts their back yard. It's sad. Someone should care about these people, for humanity's sake. However, even the US cannot do much to protect refugees in Africa, for example, against brutal killing and rapes. It's a sad story indeed.

Sorry, I'm back again. There are two groups with refugees: those who want to emigrate somewhere else and (I believe the majority) who want to return to their homeland. Of course, the most important thing is to provide them with safety and sustenance, but it's important not only for the rest of the world to open their doors to these poor folks, but also to help ensure that they can return home (and live safely) if that's what they choose. It's hard to think of a more important issue than refugees, and yet most nations hardly think of this issue at all, unless it impacts them direcly (like Syria with the Iraq War).