GLOBAL STATISTICS

Updated October 2023

2.6 million

New individual asylum applications in 2022. The USA received the majority (730,000) followed by Germany (217,800).

114,300

Individuals resettled in 2022 (up from 57,500 in 2021).

6 million

The number of displaced people who returned to their home region in 2022 (of whom 5.7 million were internally displaced people).

13.2 million

The number of refugees hosted by 4 countries; Türkiye (over 3.5 million), Iran (over 3.4 million), Colombia (over 2.4 million) and Germany (around 2 million).

70%

Of the world’s refugees are currently hosted in their neighbouring country.

Source: UNHCR.

Global migrant border deaths and missing

Source: International Organization for Migration: https://missingmigrants.iom.int/data

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