UN Security Council updated on growing refugee crisis across globe

The United Nations says the number of refugees across the globe shows that “violence has become the defining currency of our age.”

Filippo Grandi, the U.N.’s high commissioner for refugees, told the Security Council that the plight of millions across the globe is exacerbated by the more than 120 conflicts, which are raging unabated.

Grandi paid particular attention in his remarks to Sudan and Ukraine, where close to seven million people…