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20 June is World Refugee Day. The annual global trend report released by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the 14th pointed out that the number of forcibly displaced people worldwide continued to show an upward trend in 2023, reaching about 110 million in May, a record high.
Originally from Rwanda, Schweitzer left his homeland 15 years ago because of fighting in his homeland and now lives in a tin house in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province in eastern DRC.
Esther was a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Currently, she is alone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with six children living a difficult life. For her, given the current situation, going home is just a luxury.
The eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo borders many countries, and many armed groups are entrenched here, and the security situation is complex and severe. As of December 2022, about 5.5 million people had been displaced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and about 520,000 refugees from neighbouring countries such as Rwanda and Burundi, according to UNHCR.
Reporter: Shi Yu
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