Global migrant tide swells to record 65 million

Displaced families, fleeing from Boko Haram attacks, are seen at a camp near Diffa in Niger

The number of refugees and others fleeing their homes worldwide has hit a new record, spiking to 65.3 million people by the end of 2015, the United Nations said Monday.

Europe's high-profile migrant crisis, its worst since World War II, is just one part of a growing tide of human misery led by Palestinians, Syrians and Afghans.