Refugee Statistics
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2017 2:23 pm
This thread is for statistics about refugees - How many are there? How many are being cared for by neighboring countries? How many are coming to the United States?
One good source of statistics is the United Nation Human Right Commission's report Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2015
One good source of statistics is the United Nation Human Right Commission's report Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2015
In all, 86 per cent of the refugees under UNHCR’s mandate in 2015 were in low- and middle-income countries close to situations of conflict. Worldwide, Turkey was the biggest host country, with 2.5 million refugees. With nearly one refugee for every five citizens, Lebanon hosted more refugees compared to its population than any other country.
Distressingly, children made up an astonishing 51 per cent of the world’s refugees in 2015, according to the data UNHCR was able to gather (complete demographic data was not available to the report authors). Many were separated from their parents or travelling alone.