UN report on refugees

65.3m

people are refugees, asylum seekers or displaced, that's

1 in 113

of all people on the planet

  • 12.4m were newly displaced by conflict or persecution in 2015

  • 24 people a minute were forced to flee in 2015

  • 54% of refugees came from just 3 countries: Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia

  • Half of all refugees are children under 18