The number of people forced to flee their homes across the world has exceeded 50 million for the first time since the second world war.  The numbers from the UNHCR are truly frightening, as 51.2 million forcibly displace people are broken down into:

33.3 million Internally Displaced People

 16.7 million Refugees 

1.2 million Asylum Seekers

With such staggering numbers, we believe it is important that people have the facts when it comes to refugee issues.  AURA's Sponsorship Director, Alexandra Kotyk, was on CBC Radio to set the record straight about the number of Syrians who've found asylum in Canada through refugee sponsorship.

Listen to the CBC Radio interview here.

Alexandra then appeared on CTV to discuss many refugee issues on World Refugee Day.