65.3 million
The number of people displaced from their homes due to conflict and persecution in 2015
59.5 million
The number of people displaced from their homes due to conflict and persecution in 2014
40.8 million
The number of people displaced internally within the borders of their own nation in 2015
1 in every 113
People were living as a refugee somewhere around the world in 2015
24
People were forced to flee their homes every minute in 2015, according to the UNHCR
4.9 million
Syrians are now living as refugees either outside of their nation, or are internally displaced
2.5 million
Refugees are living in Turkey, according to the latest data compiled by the UNHCR
86%
of refugees under UNHCR’s mandate in 2015 were in low- and middle-income countries
51%
of the world’s refugees were children in 2015, with many separated from their parents
15%
of the global resettlement needs to third-party countries were met in 2014
50,000
People have died in the past two decades trying to cross international borders