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A record 65.3 million people were displaced last year: What does that number actually mean?

  • Written by Jeffrey H. Cohen, Professor of Anthropology, The Ohio State University

We continue to witness violent attacks – bombings and murders in France, Germany, Turkey, Afghanistan and Iraq; fighting in South Sudan and the continued civil war in Syria. These conflicts have renewed interest in the global refugee crisis and the movements of displaced persons around the globe.

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