In 2013, Pope Francis paid his respects to a group from North Africa who drowned in
the Mediterranean seeking asylum, and questioned the world’s collective inaction in
addressing the growing global refugee crisis. He referred to the deterioration in
compassion as the “globalization of indifference.”
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Given the abundance of media reports and images, it can be hard to deny the sentiment.
According to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, over 70.8 million people
worldwide were forcibly displaced in 2018.
- Friedman U.
Refugees and the “globalization of indifference.”.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/04/refugees-pope-francis-lesbos/477870/
Date accessed: September 2, 2019
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These figures represent the highest estimates of population displacement ever recorded.
Within the 70.8 million displaced people, 41.3 million are internally displaced people
(exiled from their homes but have remained either willingly or unwillingly within
their country’s political borders); 3.5 million are asylum seekers (crossed international
borders but are awaiting assessment to determine their refugee status); and finally,
25.9 million are refugees (fled their home country and have been granted refugee status
in another country).United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHRC)
Figures at a glance: statistical yearbook.
Figures at a glance: statistical yearbook.
https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/figures-at-a-glance.html
Date accessed: September 2, 2019
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Published online: October 28, 2019
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Supported by the European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students (ERASMUS+, grant no. 2018-1-NO01-KA203-03889) on behalf of the Physiotherapy and Refugee Education Project (PREP).
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