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Sri
Lankan migrants sleep in a tent in Lhoknga, Aceh on June 19, 2016 after being
allowed to get off their stranded boat after it broke down nearly one week ago
©Chaideer Mahyuddin (AFP)
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The number of refugees
and others fleeing their homes worldwide has hit a new record, spiking to 65.3
million people by the end of 2015, the United Nations said Monday.
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Displaced
families, fleeing from Boko Haram attacks, are seen at a camp near Diffa in
Niger, on June 19, 2016 ©Issouf Sanogo (AFP)
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