Europe has seen almost a million refugees and migrants crossing the Mediterranean to reach its shores so far this year, the United Nations said Friday, with 2015 likely to be the worst year ever for forced global displacements.

The U.N. Refugees Agency said that while the Syrian war is the single biggest event generating refugees world-wide, the number of people fleeing conflict and persecution is rising globally this year and will likely exceed 60 million for the first time.

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