GENEVA (Reuters) - Only 251,000 of the world's 15 million refugees returned to their home countries last year, the lowest rate in two decades, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said ongoing conflicts in Afghanistan, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo forced many refugees from those countries to stay put last year.
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