are from these five countries syria afghanistan south sudan myanmar and somalia the agency says that resolving just one of these regional conflicts would have a major impact on the global refugee crisis well the united nations high commissioner for refugees has released its report with us here to talk about it is the u.n.h.c.r. representative in germany dominic botch thanks for being with us so the number of refugees has jumped to a new level what's behind the numbers well i'm afraid the cause is unchanged it is conflict that is civil wars it is persecution against individuals the drivers that force people to seek protection elsewhere unchanged so in a way it is almost a given fact that this number increases year on year that many of the nations that take in the refugees they're poor and they're struggling to cope even rich countries are having difficulty dealing if not in practical terms in political terms how is the what is the u.n. doing to try to promote burden sharing among these countries there is a concerted effort now to try and end hons the international solidarity that ties

point five million people roughly two thirds of them are from these five countries syria afghanistan south sudan myanmar and somalia and the agency says that resolving just one of these regional conflicts would have a major impact on the global refugee crisis well let's get more on that latest report from the u.n. high commissioner for refugees with us here in the studio today is dominic bosh he's the u.n.h.c.r. representative for germany thanks for being with us this morning first of all let's talk about the numbers there the numbers have jumped significantly tell us what's behind those numbers that's correct we haven't increased by another three million we've now reached sixty eight point five million that comprises refugees into the new displays than those asylum seekers there is however a counter-trend of play here and that is the numbers reaching europe those have come down quite dramatically in two thousand and seventeen over two thousand and sixteen we had to decrease by forty four percent and that's really quite significant and that of course also extends to germany germany has had a significant

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three million since two thousand and sixteen most are fleeing war and conflict from syria afghanistan south sudan myanmar and somalia the agency says that resolving any one of these conflicts would have a major impact. flash floods in abidjan the financial capital of ivory coast have killed at least eight hundred people and displaced hundreds of others rains washed away homes and sinkholes formed on the roads heavy rains are expected to last for several days. russians have been celebrating their team's second victory in the soccer world cup the tournament hosts virtually sealed their place in the knockout stage by cruising past egypt three one russia headed into the world cup at the lowest ranked team but now the players have turned into national heroes. french president emmanuel mccraw he arrived at the castle outside of berlin today a knight in shining armor answering a friend's call for help a crisis over migration threatens to take down german chancellor angela merkel and her government tonight to mccrone to the rescue can he save miracle without sacrificing part of his political self i'm burnt off i

three million since two thousand and sixteen most are fleeing war and conflict from syria afghanistan south sudan myanmar and somalia the agency says that resolving any one of these conflicts would have a major impact. flash floods in abidjan the financial capital of ivory coast have killed at least eight hundred people and displaced hundreds of others to rancho rains washed away homes and sinkholes formed on roads heavy rains are expected to last for several days. the central democratic republic has delivered a blow to former tennis champion boris becker the country says a passport he claims entitles him to diplomatic immunity in bankruptcy proceedings in the u.k. is a fake earlier becker said he was a sports and bassett or for the country. french president emmanuel mccraw he arrived at the castle outside of berlin today a knight in shining armor answering a friend's call for help a crisis over migration threatens to take down german chancellor angela merkel and her government tonight mccrone to the rescue can he save miracle without sacrificing part of his political self i'm burnt off in berlin this is

rise of three million since twenty sixteen most are fleeing war and conflict from syria afghanistan south sudan myanmar and somalia the agency says that resolving any one of these conflicts would have a major impact. flash floods in abidjan the financial capital of ivory coast have killed at least eight hundred people and displaced hundreds of others to rancho rains washed away homes and sinkholes formed on roads heavy rains are expected to last for several days. russians have been celebrating the team's second resulting victory in the soccer world cup the tournament hosts virtually sealed their place in the knockout stage by cruising past egypt three one russia headed into the world cup it's the lowest ranked team but now the players have turned into national heroes. u.s. president all trying to frighten even more tariffs on china roll stock markets kits or as washington ask a tit for tat trade row. the affordable office giving these old shipping legend a new lease on life recycling them into cheap space. by mr to one german intrapreneur started getting ready to leave turkey and blame a declining econ