Welcome to Axis ProRata, a podcast that takes just 10 minutes to get you smarter on the collision

of tech business and politics. I'm Dan Pramak. On today's show, new reports on Russia's

disinformation campaign and Goldman Sachs' big trouble in Kuala Lampore. But first, the global

refugee crisis goes global. According to the United Nations, there are now around

60 million people in the world who have been forced to flee their homes due to war or to

escape persecution. If that were a country, it would be the world's 21st most populous and larger

than places like France or the UK. It also would be one of the world's youngest, as estimates are

that over half of the world's refugees are below 18 years old. To be clear, the word refugee is

very specific. It means those who have fled and found protection. So that wouldn't include

current asylum seekers, like the ones at the U.S.-Mexico border right now.

It also doesn't include migrants who cross borders for work, nor does it refer to the masses

of internally displaced people or people forced to move from one part of a country to another.

And while the numbers, that 60 million is staggering, the largest since the end of World War II,

it's only expected to grow,

particularly as climate change causes or exacerbates natural disasters, and anti-immigrant sentiment

deepens in developed nations.

Plus, we seem to be on the precipice of a global economic slowdown, particularly in emerging

markets, which could create the sorts of political

pressure cookers that lead to political instability or political violence and thus more refugees.

The bottom line here, even if the numbers remain static at that ridiculously high 60 million,

we're still talking about an entire generation of people who are particularly prone to persecution and limited opportunities in their new lands.

Its generation are, and almost no one seems interested in catering to their needs.

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