OPINION

New year, same old humanitarian tragedy

News, Jacqueline Bhabha, Published on 12/01/2017

» Refugees and other migrants have been forced to leave their homes in exceedingly large numbers for the past 18 months. It has become commonplace to refer to the current situation as the worst refugee crisis since World War II, with more than 65 million people -- a figure in excess of the entire population of many countries -- forcibly displaced.