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Refugees' plight in spotlight

2013-06-20 48 Dailymotion

Arif came to Hong Kong seeking asylum because he says he was tortured in his native Bangladesh.<br/> <br />Home is a corrugated iron hut on the Chinese border.<br/> <br />The government pays the rent and gives Arif and his family $116 a month to live on.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) ARIF, 27-YEAR-OLD TORTURE CLAIMANT FROM BANGLADESH, SAYING:<br/> <br />"We have no future here, we have no life here. Four years asylum in Hong Kong, what did I do? Nothing. Just sleeping at home. So we're just finishing, wasting our life here."<br/> <br />A new United Nations report says more than 45.2 million people were displaced at the end of last year.<br/> <br />It's the highest number in 18 years.<br/> <br />The majority - nearly 30 million - are those forced to flee their homes to what they hope are safer areas within their own countries.<br/> <br />The UN's High Commissioner for Refugees says wars like that underway in Syria are the main cause.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) UN HIGH COMMISSIONER ANTÓNIO GUTERRES SAYING:<br/> <br />"I have no

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