Nearly 89.3 million people were forced to flee their region or country last year, according to the latest UNHCR report. We talk about it in franceinfo junior with Camille Romain des Boscs, director of the NGO Vision du Monde.
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Forced population displacements have broken a new record in the world. This is the assessment established by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which publishes its new annual report on Thursday. In total, nearly 89.3 million people were forced to flee their region or country at the end of 2021, due to persecution, conflict, human rights violations. However, this figure does not include refugees from the war in Ukraine. which started on February 24, 2022.
To talk about it in franceinfo junior, the program hands its microphone to Camille Romain des Boscs, Director of the NGO Vision du Monde. She answers questions from students at the Valloire school in Savoie.
On the subject, Lison first asks: “Do refugees choose the country they go to?” The schoolgirl also wonders how refugees manage to find a job “if they don’t speak the same language as the others”. It’s Simon’s turn to speak: “How many children are refugees in France?” Maxan wonders if the teachers adapt to these students who do not necessarily speak French. He also wonders the refugees will be able “return to their country”. On this page, listen to this franceinfo junior program in its entirety.