That’s the number of people who were forcibly displaced from their homes in 2016, including refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), stateless persons, returnees, and asylum seekers.
Put simply: There has never been a worse refugee crisis.
22.5 million are refugees, 40.3 million are internally displaced persons, and 2.8 million are asylum seekers.
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The surge in refugees is a result of the rise in violence and conflict worldwide. While the Syrian civil war played a dominant role in the statistics, emerging conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa also contributed significantly.
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51
That’s the percentage of all refugees in 2016 who were children, many of whom were from Afghanistan, South Sudan, or Syria.
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Developing regions handled the lion’s share of the world’s refugee crisis in 2016, hosting 84 percent of refugees under the UNHCR. Three of the top refugee-hosting countries — the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, and Uganda — are formally considered the world’s least developed countries by the U.N.’s Human Development Index.
And it’s only getting more dangerous…
More refugees died trying to get to these countries in 2016 than ever before.
1 in 47
That’s the odds of a refugee dying on their journey from the northern coast of Africa to Italy, also known as the Central Mediterranean route.
