To mark the World Refugee Day


Updated: 2006-06-21 17:26

 

World Refugee Day

Michele Bupe plays at Kala refugee camp, which hosts 18,500 Congolese refugees, in Kawambwa district, 1,200 km (745 miles) north of Zambia's capital Lusaka, June 20, 2006. The total number of refugees in the world--8.4 million people--is at its lowest in more than a quarter of a century, according to U.N. figures. More than 6 million have returned home over the last four years. The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) celebrated World Refugee Day on June 20, 2006. [Reuters]


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