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2023

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Over the past decade (or ten years), how many people or refugees tried to flee Eritrea?
A
400, 000
B
40, 000
C
4, 000
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In recent years, 400, 000 Eritreans, almost 10% of the population, have fled the country.

Detailed explanation-2: -29, 792 people from Eritrea fled in 2021 and applied for asylum in other countries, according to UNHCR data. This corresponds to approximately 0.823% of all residents. The most common destination countries have been the United Kingdom, Sudan and Uganda.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the past decade, the global refugee crisis has more than doubled in scope. In 2022, the UNHCR announced that we had surpassed the 100 million mark for total displacement, meaning that over 1.2% of the global population have been forced to leave their homes. Among these people are over 32.5 million refugees.

Detailed explanation-4: -Early in the conflict, Eritrean troops entered Ethiopia and destroyed Ethiopia’s northern Eritrean refugee camps of Hitsats and Shimelba. Tens of thousands of Eritrean refugees were forced to flee further into the Tigrayan warzone.

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