Seeking Refuge

Wars, famine, and natural disasters are just a few of the reasons people are forced to leave their homes and flee their countries. Around the world, millions of refugees are waiting, sometimes for a lifetime, to return home. Here is a look at who they are: SEEKING REFUGE A GLANCE AT REFUGEES WORLDWIDE EAST AFRICA AND TANZANIA HORN OF AFRICA 738 21% ETHIOPIA 103 YEMEN 38% ZAMBIA 170 34% CHAD CENTRAL ASIA, WEST ASIA, 115 REFUGEES BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN TOTAL NUMBER OF REFUGEES IN THE WORLD REFUGEES PER 1 USD OF GDP NORTH ASIA, MIDOLE EAST 35% CHINA IRAN 280 CONGO 400.000 IRAQ 1.5 million 124 EUROPE 20% KENYA 182 UGANDA AFGHANISTAN 2.1 million 149 PAKISTAN 421 GERMANY SUDAN 686,000 2,316 SOMALIA 460,000 NETHERLANDS 3,617 CENTRAL AFRICA MALTA 4,539 AND THE GREAT LAKES REFUGEES PER 1,000 SQUARE KILOMETER 15% 17% USA 900,000 IRAN 1 million SWITZERLAND 1,208 RWANDA 1,675 PAKISTAN 1.2 million BURUNDI ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 1,213 SYRIA 700,000 DENMARK 1,311 17% 10% GERMANY 600,000 SERBIA 2,289 9.9 MILLION UGANDA 10 REFUGEES BY COUNTRY OF ASYLUM JORDAN 85 ZAMBIA 10 14% ARMENIA 38 WEST AFRICA 12% REFUGEES PER 1.000 INHABITANTS TANZANIA 4% SYRIA 37 SOUTHERN AFRICA IRAN 14 PERSONS OF CONCERN BY LOCATION 1% CHAD DJIBOUTI AMERICAS CÔNGO 15 SOURCES Committee for Refugees and Immigrants; REFUGEE Recognized as having refugee status PERSON OF CONCERN Madeup of asylum seekers. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees under international conventions people displaced within their own country.refugees, and recently returnedrefugees