The United Nations High Commissioner, Fillipo Grandi, says that the migrant crisis is now a serious global case that needs attention.
Mr Grandi was speaking on Monday during a special live coverage to assess ‘how an age of unprecedented mobility is shaping our world’.
He told BBC that more nations needed to come together to shoulder the burden of about 20 million refugees who have been resettled in other countries.
He appealed to the government of various nations and aid agencies to take up the responsibility.
“Last year, less than 1% of 20 million refugees had been resettled in another nation.
“More are fleeing conflict and hardship than at any other time in history,” he said.
The number of people seeking asylum in the European Union alone has risen to 1,255,600.
