World’s displaced at record high of 68m

Nearly 69 million people worldwide – the highest number ever recorded – were forcibly displaced from their homes due to war and persecution by the end of 2017, according to the UN’s refugee agency

MAJOR SOURCE COUNTRIES OF REFUGEES (2017)
More than two-thirds (68%) of all refugees worldwide came from just five countries

Syria  6.3 million
Afghanistan 2.6 million 
South Sudan 2.4 million 
Myanmar 1.2 million
Somalia 986,400

MAJOR HOST COUNTRIES 
Turkey 3.5 million
Pakistan 1.4 million 
Uganda 1.4 million 
Lebanon 998,900 
Iran 979,400 
Germany 970,400 
B’desh 932,200 
Sudan  906,600 
Ethiopia  889,400 
Jordan 691,000
  
 
3.1m Asylum- seekers
25.4m Refugees
68.5m Forcibly displaced worldwide
40m IDP*

Of 68.5m total, 16.2 million were displaced in 2017 itself – average of over 44,000 people per day
            
Source: UNHCR   *Internally displaced people    Picture: Getty Images    © GRAPHIC NEWS