Podcast: Displaced Planet: UN Reports Record Number of Global Refugees 2019-06-20
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Displaced Planet: UN Reports Record Number of Global Refugees
70 Million. That's how many people around the world have been forcibly displaced by violence, natural disasters, and poverty. The Takeaway talked to some experts on the crisis.
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