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A STATISTICAL NIGHTMARE
within the Union. Countries like Italy and Greece as such
have been left to deal with the problem as waves of
refugees arrive on their shores.
A disparity of ideas and lack of planning,
has only aided to intensify the
current problems.
The astronomical rise of refugees in the past few years
has been met with shortsighted planning and policy
making, which has served little more than to exasperate
the current problem. Following a top down approach,
zero concrete solutions have filtered through these bureaucratic
processes. Europe itself, the most publicized
destination of the current wave of refugees has found
itself at a cross roads. A United front, dealing with the
problem and generating viable solutions together has
been far from the actual outcomes, with many countries
suddenly intensifying borders with their neighbors
12.4 24
86
MILLION
The rate at which people are forced to flee their homes
is staggering, with as many as 24 people displaced per
minute globally in 2015. People by and large do not
want to leave their homes, families and livelihoods but
are instead forced into this volatile status of becoming a
refugee. Much ado is made about the migration of refugees
to Europe, but one of the most important statistics
that is overlooked is that 86 percent of refugees are actually
hosted in developing countries. This means that
countries that are more often then not, struggling to
deal with existential problems within their own country
are now left to deal with large influxes of people who are
in desperate need for assistance and put a greater strain
on the already fragile state of these places.
PER CENT
23 STATISTICAL NIGHTMARE
An estimated 12,4 million people were
newly displaced due to conflict or persecution
in 2015.This included 8,6 million
individuals displaced within the borders
of their own country and 1,8 million
newly displaced refugees. The others
were new applicants for the asylum.
3.7
MILLION
UNHCR estimates that at least 10 million
people globally were stateless at the end
of 2015. However, data recorded by the
governments and communicated to UN-
HCR were limited to 3.7 million stateless
individuals in 78 countries.
PERSONS
EVERY MINUTE
On average 24 people worldwide were
displaced from their homes every minute
of every day during 2015 - some 34,000
people per day. This compares to 30 per
minute in 2014 and 6 per minute in 2005.
Developing regions hosted 86% of
the world’s refugees under UNHCR’s
mandate. At 13,9 million people , this
was the highest figure in more than two
decades. The least developed countries
provided asylum to 4.2 million refugees
or about 26 per cent of the global total.
183/1000
REFUGEES/
INHABITANTS
Lebanon hosted the largest number
of refugees in relation to its national
population with 183 refugees per 1,000
inhabitants. Jordan (87) and Nauru (50)
ranked second and third, respectively.