Pakistan ranked 4th as refugee host country.

GENEVA -- The latest report released By: the UN Refugee Agency on Thursday said that an unprecedented 79.5 million people were displaced as of the end of 2019, with Turkey hosting the highest number of people forced to leave their homes.

The 'Global Trends Report' of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which has been released two days before World Refugee Day, said that forced displacement had almost doubled since 2010 and noted diminishing prospects for refugees when it came to hopes of a quick end to their plight.

'UNHCR has not seen a higher total,' UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi told a news conference in Geneva while announcing the report. 'This is the highest figure that UNHCR has recorded since these statistics have been systematically collected and is a reason for great concern.

Over one per cent of humanity displaced: UN

'This is, By: the way, approximately 1% of the world population. We've never reached this very significant percentage,' said Grandi, adding that 80% of the displaced people were in countries or territories affected By: acute food insecurity and malnutrition ... [and] facing climate and disaster risks.

Turkey hosted the highest number of refugees, 3.9 million, most of whom were Syrian refugees (92%). Colombia followed, hosting nearly 1.8 million displaced Venezuelans. Germany hosted the third-largest number, almost 1.5 million, with Syrian refugees (42%) Pakistan and Uganda are the 4th and 5th.

The figures highlight that at least 100 million people were forced to flee their homes in the past decade, seeking refuge either both in or outside their countries. That is more people fleeing than the entire population of Egypt, the world's 14th most populous country.

The report noted that forced displacement has almost doubled since 2010 (41 million then against 79.5 million now). More than three-quarters of the world's...