{"id":94436,"date":"2017-06-26T12:00:58","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T11:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=94436"},"modified":"2017-06-23T10:45:29","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T09:45:29","slug":"un-report-reveals-3-nations-producing-most-refugees-were-targets-of-us-intervention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2017\/06\/un-report-reveals-3-nations-producing-most-refugees-were-targets-of-us-intervention\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Report Reveals 3 Nations Producing Most Refugees Were Targets of US Intervention"},"content":{"rendered":"

A UN report has shown that more than 65 million people were forced to leave their home countries last year, becoming refugees due to deadly conflict. The top nations from which refugees fled have one thing in common, they were all targets of US intervention. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Afghan refugee Rasoul Nazari, 15, holds his 10-month-old nephew Imran after crossing the border between Hungary and Austria in Nickelsdorf, Austria. (AP\/Muhammed Muheisen)<\/p><\/div>\n

22 Jun 2017 – <\/em> A United Nations report<\/a> has shed light on the world\u2019s burgeoning crisis of displaced peoples, finding that a record 65.6 million were forced to vacate their homes in 2016 alone. More than half of them were minors.<\/p>\n

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees<\/a> (UNHCR), which drafted the report, put the figure into perspective, stating that increasing conflict and persecution worldwide have led to \u201cone person being displaced every three seconds \u2013 less than the time it takes to read this sentence.\u201d<\/p>\n

UN High Commissioner Filippo Grandi called the figure \u201cunacceptable\u201d and called for \u201csolidarity and a common purpose in preventing and resolving the crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, what the UN report failed to mention was the role of U.S. foreign intervention, indirect or direct, in fomenting the conflicts responsible for producing most of the world\u2019s refugees.<\/p>\n

According to the report, three of the nations producing the highest number of refugees are Syria (12 million refugees created in 2016), Afghanistan (4.7 million) and Iraq (4.2 million).<\/p>\n

Watch the\u00a0UNHCR\u2019s New Global Trends Report:<\/strong><\/p>\n

httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hBFgI4D8eEM<\/p>\n

The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan are known to be the direct result of U.S. military invasions<\/a> in the early 2000s, as well as the U.S.\u2019 ongoing occupation of those nations. Decades after invading both countries, the U.S.\u2019 destabilizing military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan has continued to increase<\/a> in recent years, with the Trump administration most recently announcing plans to send thousands<\/a> of soldiers to Afghanistan in the coming months. It is worth noting that each<\/em> U.S. soldier in Afghanistan costs U.S. taxpayers $2.1 million.<\/a><\/p>\n

While the U.S. has yet to directly invade Syria, the U.S. role in the conflict is clear<\/a> and Syria\u2019s destabilization and the overthrow of its current regime have long been planned<\/a> by the U.S. government. The U.S. and its allies, particularly Israel<\/a> and Saudi Arabia<\/a>, have consistently funded \u201crebel\u201d groups that have not only perpetuated the Syrian conflict for six long years, but have also committed atrocity after atrocity<\/a> targeting civilians in Syrian cities, towns, and communities \u2013 a major factor<\/a> in convincing Syrians to leave their homes.<\/p>\n

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The U.S. must stop supporting terrorists who are destroying Syria and her people.https:\/\/t.co\/Gngsh01XCB<\/a><\/p>\n

— Tulsi Gabbard \ud83c\udf3a (@TulsiGabbard) January 26, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n