At this time of unprecedented turbulence, when war and persecution have displaced over 60 million people, we must do everything we can to ensure that resettlement grows as an opportunity for refugees.
The conflict in Colombia has claimed around 250,000 lives and displaced over 5 million people.
The Fukushima disaster displaced over 100,000 people due to radioactive contamination.
After South Sudan fell into a civil war which displaced over 120,000 people, African leaders brokered a ceasefire.
"Some people [are insecure], some areas," replied the Pakistani, perhaps referring to the instability in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which has displaced over 700,000.
That deal, which ended 52 years of civil war that killed 260,000 and displaced over 7 million people, had provisions to formalise land ownership for peasants, and help them switch coca crops for legal alternatives such as coffee and cacao.
Sectarian violence between Hindus and Muslims has killed more than 38 and displaced over 10,000 people in the past week in Muzaffarnagar district of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
Rwanda has denied reports by United Nations experts and rights groups that it is backing eastern Congolese rebels, including the M23 group, which has seized parts of North Kivu Province in fighting that has displaced over 260,000 people since April.
The intercommunal violence has so far displaced over 12,000 people.Meiktila, between Mandalay and the new capital of Naypyidaw, was put under a curfew, together with three nearby townships.
The report appeared to confirm the findings of a UN investigation in Unity state in June, which stated: "Survivors of these attacks reported that SPLA and allied militias from Mayom county carried out a campaign against the local population that killed civilians, looted and destroyed villages and displaced over 100,000 people".
