100 million
children, women and men displaced by spiraling crises around the world.
1% of Humanity
displaced by violence, conflict or persecution.
80% of Refugees
are hosted in countries affected by acute food insecurity and malnutrition.
The crisis in Ukraine has displaced an estimated 5.9 million people inside the country and over 7.9 million people into neighboring countries and across Europe.
After more than four decades of displacement, Afghan refugees are one of the largest protracted refugee situations in the world. There are 8.2 million Afghan refugees being hosted in neighboring countries and 3.2 million remain internally displaced.
After over a decade of conflict, Syria remains the world’s largest refugee crisis. More than 14 million people have been displaced, including 6.8 million people who remain internally displaced.
Yemen is one of the largest humanitarian crises of our time. More than 4 million people have been forced to flee their homes and 20.7 million are in dire need of assistance.
After more than a year of conflict, millions of Ethiopians are still in desperate need of humanitarian aid and protection. In Tigray, nearly 40 percent of the population is suffering from an extreme lack of food.
In August 2017, violence broke out in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, forcing more than 742,00 Rohingya to flee their homes and seek refuge in Bangladesh. Today the number of arrivals continue to grow.
The Northern Triangle is one of the most dangerous places on earth. Gang warfare and violence have displaced 890,000 people, forcing them to undertake dangerous journeys in search of safety.
6 million people have fled to escape violence, gang warfare as well as lack of food, medicine and essential services. It is the largest exodus in Latin America’s recent history.
Ongoing violence between armed groups has forced hundreds of thousands of families to flee the Central African Republic (CAR) since 2013.
The Sahel is facing one of the fastest growing displacement crises in the world. More than 2.7 million people have been internally displaced in the region and 29 million people are in dire need of humanitarian assistance.
The situation in Iraq is desperate. Nearly 4.1 million Iraqis are in dire need of humanitarian assistance while some 2.4 million people are in acute need of assistance.
With millions of cases reported worldwide, the coronavirus pandemic is a global challenge that affects us all—including refugees and other people displaced by conflict or persecution.
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