"One hundred million is a stark figure –– sobering and alarming in equal measure. It's a record that should never have been set," says UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi.
A joint report by global monitors expects last year's record high of nearly 59.1 internally displaced people to be broken this year, fuelled by conflicts and the climate crisis.
Participants in the four-day summit called for strengthening the bond of unity and solidarity between Muslim nations and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member states in a statement.
Ankara has played an active role in stabilising the region, especially as it emerges from the Syrian crisis, says Türkiye's communications director.
Migrants and asylum seekers were seen being brought into the port of Dover in southeast England aboard lifeboats and Border Force vessels after being picked up in the Channel.
UNRWA is the only major UN body dedicated exclusively to one conflict and one people and holds a symbolic role that experts say matches its importance as provider for Palestinian refugees.
A new report from the UN refugee agency says the number of asylum seekers that have died or gone missing doubled last year, with land and sea routes becoming more dangerous.
Passed by a vote of 212 to 157, the bill will criminalise entering UK without a visa and allow the UK to strip individuals of their citizenship without their knowledge if it becomes law.
Over 12.7 million people have fled their homes in the past two months, including 7.7 million people displaced internally and more than 5 million who have fled over borders, according to UNHCR.
Funerals were held across northern Lebanon for six people killed when a boat packed with migrants and asylum seekers sank over the weekend as the Lebanese navy tried to force it back to shore.
Tunisian authorities detain 155 migrants and refugees of different African nationalities after thwarting five illegal crossings off the coast of Sfax, state news agency reports.
Four boats carrying at least 120 African migrants sank off Tunisia's coast killing 12 and ten more are still missing while 98 have been rescued.
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