World Refugee Day

WORLD REFUGEE DAY: JUNE 20 th REF-U-GEE: a person forced to leave their home country due to a war or conflict +15 MILLION REFUGEES WORLDWIDE Every 1 in 122 Humans Have 52% Been Displaced TOP 3 ~ SYRIA, AFGHANISTAN, & SOMALIA as of 1975, the U.S. has welcomed +3 million refugees from all over the world 52% of refugees come from just 3 countries: Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia 6 million refugees live in protracted exile (at least 5 years) in 25 countries 48 of the least developed countries host more than 2.8 million refugees 17 years is the average time refugees are uprooted from their homes there are +51 million forcibly displaced people worldwide 1 in every 140 people on the planet is a displaced person i 86% of the world's refugees are in developing countries MEN these people would make up the 26th largest nation 21% - 25% CHILDREN – 54% WOMEN 50% of all refugees wWorldwide are under 18 years old +13 million of these people are refugees 32,000 people flee their homes every day UNHCR The UN Refugee Agency 15 conflicts have erupted or reignited in the past 5 years, displacing tens of millions Ukraine 11597,748 Syria 4,104,175 Irag 4,039,250 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 2,465,442 South Sucan 1,832,074 Pakistan 1,490,913 Central African Repubic 1379.051 Nigeria 1,075,736 Ukraine 907,249 Myanmar 421,297 Mali Kyrgyzstan Syria Iraq 425,278 Vemen Pakistan 371,159 Libya 335,069 Burundi 121,801 Celed'haire 4,276 Kyrgyzstan Libya Myanmar Mali Yemen Central African Republic Côte d'Ivoire Nigeria South Sudan Democratic Republic of the Congo Burundi Source: UNHCR / 18 June 2015 O- Proportional to figures above () UNHCR The UNuos gncy The number of people displaced by war has reached a staggering new high (M) UNHCR The UN Reagee Agency 59.5 Source: UNHCR /18 June 2015 Million 51.2 Million 45.2 42.7 42.0 43.3 43.7 42.5 Million 39.5 Million Million Million Million 37.5 Million Million Million 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Far fewer refugees were able to return home in 2014 than in previous years (A) UNHCR The UN Reagee Ageney Source: UNHCR /18 June 2015 126,800 2014 414,600 2013 525,900 2012 531,900 2011 197,600 2010 10.000 Retumees The Accelerating Human Cost of War: People displaced each day since 2010 (M) UNHCR The UN Rugee Ageney Source UNHCR/18 June 2015 42,500 2014 32,200 2013 23,400 2012 14,200 2011 10,900 2010 A 1,000 Refugees, Internally displaced people, Asylum-seekers