国际英语资讯:UN refugee agency calls for intensified support for displaced Afghans
<p><span word="GENEVA">GENEVA</span>, <span word="Dec">Dec</span>. 13-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="UN">UN</span> <span word="refugee">refugee</span> <span word="agency">agency</span> <span word="UNHCR">UNHCR</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span> <span word="appealed">appealed</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="intensified">intensified</span> <span word="support">support</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="displaced">displaced</span> <span word="Afghans">Afghans</span>, <span word="saying">saying</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Afghans">Afghans</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="single">single</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="asylum">asylum</span> <span word="seekers">seekers</span> <span word="arriving">arriving</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Europe">Europe</span>.</p><p><span word="Speaking">Speaking</span> <span word="ahead">ahead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="Global">Global</span> <span word="Refugee">Refugee</span> <span word="Forum">Forum</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Geneva">Geneva</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="week">week</span>, <span word="Babar">Babar</span> <span word="Baloch">Baloch</span>, <span word="spokesperson">spokesperson</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="UNHCR">UNHCR</span>, <span word="told">told</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="press">press</span> <span word="briefing">briefing</span> <span word="here">here</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="roughly">roughly</span> 70,000 <span word="migrant">migrant</span> <span word="arrivals">arrivals</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Eastern">Eastern</span> <span word="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span>, 37.4 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="Afghans">Afghans</span>.</p><p>"<span word="As">As</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="enter">enter</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fifth">fifth</span> <span word="decade">decade</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Afghan">Afghan</span> <span word="displacement">displacement</span>, <span word="some">some</span> 4.6 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="Afghans">Afghans</span> <span word="remain">remain</span> <span word="uprooted">uprooted</span> <span word="globally">globally</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="adding">adding</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="includes">includes</span> <span word="some">some</span> 2.7 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="registered">registered</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="refugees">refugees</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rest">rest</span> <span word="displaced">displaced</span> <span word="inside">inside</span> <span word="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Afghans">Afghans</span> <span word="represent">represent</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="longest">longest</span> <span word="displaced">displaced</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="longest">longest</span> <span word="dispossessed">dispossessed</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="UNHCR">UNHCR</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="mandate">mandate</span> <span word="worldwide">worldwide</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="added">added</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="UNHCR">UNHCR</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="overwhelming">overwhelming</span> <span word="majority">majority</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="some">some</span> 90 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Afghan">Afghan</span> <span word="refugees">refugees</span> <span word="remain">remain</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Pakistan">Pakistan</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Iran">Iran</span>.</p><p><span word="Also">Also</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="overwhelming">overwhelming</span> <span word="majority">majority</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="displaced">displaced</span> <span word="Afghans">Afghans</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="exile">exile</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="youth">youth</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="Pakistan">Pakistan</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Iran">Iran</span>, <span word="approximately">approximately</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="quarters">quarters</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="of">of</span> 25.</p><p>"<span word="These">These</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="refugees">refugees</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="future">future</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="critical">critical</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="shaping">shaping</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="communities">communities</span> -- <span word="but">but</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="require">require</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="support">support</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="so">so</span>," <span word="Baloch">Baloch</span> <span word="said">said</span>. <span word="Enditem">Enditem</span></p>
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