News words The United Nations refugee agency reports there are now more than 68 million refugees around the world.

Dire Chris Boy in is with the U.

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He says the international refugee situation is dire.

There's a person forcibly displaced now every two seconds.

These air people that air fleeing not by choice but because they have no choice but to flee if they want to stay alive.

A situation that is dire requires immediate action because it is serious or extreme and difficult to solve.

A dire warning signals a very bad future that can cause worry or great fear.