As families gather to celebrate Christmas, statistics released by ActionAid reveal 14 million girls around the world – equivalent to the population of greater London – could face a new year displaced from their homes due to humanitarian disasters. Based on figures published by the United Nations, the calculations show there has been an almost 50 per cent increase in the number of girls who have been displaced since 2013. The situation is set to get worse in 2018, with 624,000 Rohingya people forced to flee their homes in Myanmar,…
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