Nearly 71 million people displaced worldwide

A record 70.8 million people have been displaced worldwide by war, persecution and other violence – an increase of more than two million from last year – according to UNHCR, the UN refugee agency


FORCED DISPLACEMENT BY WORLD REGION, 2018 (millions)

UNHCR refugees 	Asylum-seekers 	Internally displaced persons (IDPs)

Northern America 1.23

Latin America and the Caribbean 8.79

Africa 25.22

Europe 5.50

Asia 29.93
UNRWA* refugees

Oceania 0.13

*United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East


GLOBAL FORCED DISPLACEMENT, 2009-18
70m										70.8
60
50
40	43.3
30
20
10
0
	09 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	17 	18


Sources: Associated Press, UNHCR 
Picture: Getty Images 
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