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www.euronews.com For the fifth consecutive year the number of forcibly displaced people worldwide has reached 42 million and aid is now at a critical level. Euronews met with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres who highlights the most pressing issues that a growing number of people are facing. Michel Santos, euronews: Mr. António Guterres welcome to euronews. For the 5th consecutive year there are more than 42 million forcibly displaced people throughout the world. What can we understand from this? António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees: I think it's a combination of two factors. On the one hand there has been a multiplication of new crises. Since the beginning of 2011, the Ivory Coast, Libya, Yemen, Syria, the Horn of Africa - Somalia - and then more recently Sudan, South Sudan and Mali. And at the same time, old crises never seem to die: Afghanistan is still going on and on; Somalia or the Democratic Republic of Congo. And more than 70 percent of the world's refugees have been refugees for more than 5 years. Michel Santos, euronews: Is the worldwide economic turmoil affecting the aid for refugees? António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees: The world economic crisis has made two impacts. It's reduced the amount of humanitarian support for people in need but it's also triggered instability and conflict in many situations. There is a clear link, for instance, when you have high food prices and social instability at an urban level ...
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