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INTRODUCTION
Conflict, persecution, generalized violence and violations of human
rights continued to cause forced displacement around the world during
the first six months of 2015. Fighting across parts of the Middle East
and sub-Saharan Africa have continued into the first half of the year,
resulting in millions of individuals being forced to flee either within
or outside their country.
U N H C R / G . K o tschy
y the end of 2014, 59.5 million individuals were forcibly displaced worldwide as a
result of persecution, conflict, generalized
violence, or human rights violations.(1) An
updated figure on global forced displacement was not available at the time of writing this
report. As the number of refugees, asylum-seekers,
and internally displaced persons (IDPs) worldwide
continued to grow in 2015, it is likely that this figure has far surpassed 60 million.(2)
During the first half of 2015, UNHCR offices
reported that at least five million individuals were
newly displaced. Some 4.2 million were newly displaced within their own country, while 839,000
were displaced across international borders. This
compares to 5.5 million newly displaced persons
during the same period in 2014.
In addition, in 2015 Europe has experienced exceptionally large numbers of refugees and migrants
arriving via the Mediterranean Sea, a majority of
whom are from the Syrian Arab Republic and other
conflict-affected countries and regions. As most of
these arrivals have occurred since June 2015, their
numbers are only partly captured in this report.
Population of concern
to UNHCR
By mid-2015, the total population of concern to UNHCR stood at an
unprecedented 58.0 million persons. This includes persons who are
forcibly displaced (notably refugees, asylum-seekers, IDPs), those who
have found a durable solution (returnees), as well stateless persons, most
of whom have never been forcibly displaced.
This categorization is neither identical to nor synonymous with the global
number of forcibly displaced persons worldwide (59.5 million by the end
of 2014). It not only includes refugees and IDPs beyond UNHCRs mandate
but also excludes returnees and stateless persons.
A detailed breakdown of UNHCRs population of concern by category
and country is provided in Annex Table 1 on page 16.
(1) Some 19.5 million persons were refugees: 14.4 million under UNHCRs mandate and 5.1 million Palestinian refugees registered by UNRWA. The global figure
included 38.2 million IDPs and 1.8 million asylum-seekers. See 2014 Statistical Yearbook at http://www.unhcr.org/pages/4a02afce6.html.
(2) An updated figure on global forced displacement will be available in June 2016, on the occasion of the release of the 2015 Global Trends report.
II
REFUGEES
Refugee population under UNHCRs
mandate | 1990 - 2015*
Fig. 1
20
(in millions)
18
16
14
12
10
By Origin
6
4
2
90
95
00
05
10
15
The total number of refugees(3) has increased significantly and consistently over the past four years.
Starting from 10.4 million at the end of 2011, the
number increased to 10.5 million in 2012, to 11.7
million in 2013, and finally to 14.4 million by the
end of 2014. By mid-2015, it had reached an estimated 15.1 million, its highest level in 20 years.
Within three and a half years, then, the global refugee population grew by 4.7 million persons some
45 per cent.
The main contributing factor to this trend has
been the war in the Syrian Arab Republic. Excluding that country, the increase from the end of 2011
to mid-2015 would have been only half a million
refugees (+5%). Clearly, the devastating effect of
the Syrian conflict is being felt far beyond its neighbouring countries.
In addition to the Syrian crisis, the outbreak of
armed conflicts or deterioration of ongoing ones
in Afghanistan, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, Somalia, South Sudan, and
Ukraine, among others, have contributed to prevailing trends. Meanwhile, the number of refugees
(3) For the purposes of this report, unless otherwise stated, the term refugees refers to refugees under UNHCRs mandate, and does not include Palestinian
refugees registered with UNRWA.
(4) At the time of writing this report (December 2015), the number of Syrians registered in Turkey was approaching 2.2 million.
Map 1
Germany
Syrian Arab Rep.
Jordan
Pakistan
Islamic Rep.
of Iran
1,000,000
500,000
100,000
Map 2
Turkey
Lebanon
Pakistan
Islamic Rep.
of Iran
Ethiopia
1,000,000
500,000
100,000
The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do
not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
A country is listed if it featured among the top-5 per year.
TABLE 1
UNHCR regions
Refugees
Americas
Asia and Pacific
Europe
Middle East and North Africa
Total
Start-2015
Mid-2015
People in
refugee-like
situations
People in
refugee-like
situations
Total refugees
Refugees
Change (total)
Total refugees
Absolute
625,000
2,568,000
174,700
252,000
3,619,700
37,600
33,400
71,000
662,600
2,601,400
174,700
252,000
3,690,700
865,100
2,713,700
179,800
258,900
4,017,500
13,700
33,600
47,300
878,800
2,747,300
179,800
258,900
4,064,800
216,200
145,900
5,100
6,900
374,100
32.6%
5.6%
2.9%
2.7%
10.1%
509,300
3,568,500
3,095,000
2,898,500
13,691,000
259,700
280,100
18,200
65,400
694,400
769,000
3,848,600
3,113,200
2,963,900
14,385,400
501,000
3,506,600
3,475,300
2,941,100
14,441,500
251,900
278,400
14,300
64,200
656,100
752,900
3,785,000
3,489,600
3,005,300
15,097,600
-16,100
-63,600
376,400
41,400
712,200
-2.1%
-1.7%
12.1%
1.4%
5.0%
Note
* Excluding North Africa.
By Country of Asylum
Dem. Rep.
of Congo
Central
African Rep.
mid-2015
end-2014
Myanmar
mid-2014
end-2013
Eritrea
Iraq
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
number of refugees at mid-2015. This is a significant turnaround, as until 2012, Turkey did not
feature among even the top 20 refugee-hosting
countries. At the end of the reporting period, Syrians accounted for 1.81 million or 98 per cent of all
registered refugees in the country, most of them
located in urban agglomerations. In addition, the
number of Iraqi refugees registered with UNHCR
in Turkey stood at 20,600.
Pakistan hosted the second-largest number of
refugees worldwide with 1.5 million individuals,
virtually all of them from Afghanistan. The renewal of some 80,000 Proof of Registration cards for
Afghan refugees was partly offset by the voluntary
return of around 44,700 Afghans from Pakistan to
their country.
Lebanon remained the third-largest refugeehosting country, with 1.2 million refugees under
UNHCRs mandate. As in Turkey, the overwhelming majority (99%) of refugees in Lebanon originated from the Syrian Arab Republic. This was in
addition to 7,300 Iraqi refugees.
The number of refugees in the Islamic Republic
of Iran remained virtually unchanged from the beginning of 2015, at 982,000 at mid-year. This figure included 951,000 Afghan refugees and 28,300
Iraqi refugees. As such, the Islamic Republic of
Iran remained the fourth-largest refugee-hosting
country worldwide.
The refugee population in Ethiopia continued to
grow in 2015, reaching 702,500 by mid-year. This
compares to 659,500 six months earlier and is the
result of an influx of South Sudanese and Eritrean
refugees, among others. Ethiopia remained the
fifth-largest refugee-hosting country worldwide,
with the largest such populations originating from
South Sudan (275,400), Somalia (247,300), Eritrea
(139,300), and Sudan (36,500).
The number of refugees in Jordan under
UNHCRs mandate increased by about 10,000 persons to 664,100 at mid-year, most of whom originated from the Syrian Arab Republic. The refugee
population in Kenya remained virtually unchanged
at 552,300. As such, Jordan and Kenya remained
the sixth- and seventh-largest refugee-hosting
countries, respectively.
With renewed conflicts in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan, tens
of thousands of individuals fled these two countries
to Uganda during the first part of the year. As a
consequence, Uganda hosted a new all-time high
for the country of 428,400 refugees.
Fig. 3
Iran
(Islamic Rep. of)
Ethiopia
Jordan
Kenya
mid-2015
end-2014
Uganda
mid-2014
end-2013
Chad
Sudan
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
2.0
Ethiopia
Pakistan
322
Uganda
216
Dem. Rep.
of Congo
208
Chad
193
Kenya
186
135
South Sudan
117
Afghanistan
102
Cameroon
94
Turkey
Lebanon
Jordan
90
51
Nauru
31
Chad
Turkey
24
South Sudan
22
Mauritania
19
Djibouti
17
Sweden
15
Malta
15
(5) That is the size of a refugee population compared to the Gross Domestic
Product (Purchasing Power Parity) the GDP (PPP) per capita or to the
national population size.
(6) See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm for a list
of countries included under each region.
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Fig. 4
Children play video games in a makeshift arcade in the Arbat campfor internally displaced persons near
Sulaymaniya, Iraq in June 2015. The Arbat IDP camp is one of the most overcrowded in Iraq. Initially designed as a
transit centre for only 700 families, the camp now houses close to 3,000 people. Solutions are nowhere in sight,
water is in short supply, electricity is intermittent and the sanitation is inadequate.
III
ASYLUM-SEEKERS
Close to one million individual asylum applications
were registered in 155 countries or territories during
the first half of 2015, significantly more than during the corresponding period of 2014 (558,000).(9)
An estimated 12 per cent of these claims were registered at second instance, including with courts
and other appellate bodies. UNHCR offices registered 115,200 individual asylum applications, out of
the provisional total of 993,600 (12%).
At 159,900, Germany received the highest number of new asylum applications worldwide during
the first six months of 2015. This compares to
173,100 asylum applications registered by the German authorities for the whole of 2014. At current
trend, Germany is very likely to hit an all-time
high in 2015. Historical data available since 1953
show that the previous record dates back to 1992,
when 432,100 asylum applications were recorded
by Germany [see Figure 6].(10)
The sharp increase during the reporting period is
attributable mainly to a higher number of individuals
from Albania, Afghanistan, Iraq, Serbia and Kosovo
(S/RES/1244 (1999)),(11) and the Syrian Arab Republic
requesting international protection. Syrian asylum
applications in Germany more than doubled from
12,100 in the first half of 2014 to 32,500 one year
later. On average, one out of every five asylum claims
in Germany was made by a Syrian national.
Fig. 6
Germany was followed by the Russian Federation, which registered 100,000 asylum applications.
This figure includes 720 applications for refugee
status and 99,300 for temporary asylum. The outbreak of conflict in eastern Ukraine in 2014 continued to have a major impact on these figures,
with 98,500 or 98 per cent of claims in the Russian
Federation being lodged by Ukrainians.
The United States of America was the third-largest single recipient of new asylum claims during the
first six months of 2015, with an estimated 78,200 (12)
asylum claims. This constituted a 44 per cent increase (+23,800 claims) compared to the same period the previous year. Asylum-seekers from Honduras (+209%), El Salvador (+125%), Guatemala
(+102%), and Mexico (+12%), among others, accounted for this increase half of all asylum claims
in the country were lodged by nationals of these
countries, compared to 42 per cent for the whole of
2014. This proportion has consistently increased in
recent years, reflecting the deteriorating situation
as a result of violence generated by transnational
organized crime, gang activity, and drug cartels in
some parts of the region. Overall, El Salvador was
(10) The 1992 and earlier figures include a sizeable number of repeat
applications registered in Germany.
(11) References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of Security
Council Resolution 1244 (1999) and henceforth will be referred to in this
document as Kosovo (S/RES/1244 (1999)).
(12) Estimated number of individuals based on the number of new cases
(40,963) and multiplied by 1.393 to reflect the average number of individuals
per case (Source: US Department of Homeland Security), and the number
of new defensive asylum requests lodged with the Executive Office of
Immigration Review (21,136 individuals).
250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
0
19
53
19
60
19
70
19
80
19
90
* First half 2015. The 1992 and earlier figures include a sizeable number of repeat applications.
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20
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STATELESS PERSONS
The collection of accurate statistics on stateless persons has been and continues to be a challenge for
all stakeholders. While the global number of stateless persons is estimated to be at least 10 million,
available data in this report are limited to some 3.9
million persons in 78 countries or territories. This
compares to the 3.5 million individuals reported at
the end of 2014. This increase is mainly the result
of the newly reported figure of around 300,000
persons in Zimbabwe, an estimation that largely
concerns a migrant population that arrived from
neighbouring countries as farm and mine workers
during the colonial period. Multiple changes in the
nationality legislation of Zimbabwe have negatively
impacted the nationality status of this population.
In contrast, a downward revision in the stateless-
ness figure was reported in the Dominican Republic. This revised estimate of 133,770 stateless persons includes only individuals born in the country
to parents who were both born abroad, and it does
not include individuals born in the country to one
foreign-born and one Dominican-born parent, as
the previously reported figure of 210,000 did. This
estimate does not include subsequent generations
of individuals of foreign descent, as there is no reliable population data available on groups other than
first-generation individuals. As such, this estimate
does not include all persons without nationality in
the country. It will be adjusted as official data becomes available on the number of individuals who
have found an effective nationality solution under
Law 169-14. n
VI
RESETTLEMENT
During the first six months of the year, UNHCR
assisted some 33,400 refugees in 76 countries or
territories to depart for resettlement. This is a decline of about 3,600 individuals compared to the
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number (8,600), followed by those from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (4,700), the Syrian
Arab Republic (4,000), Iraq (3,700), and Somalia
(3,500). Combined, persons from these five countries accounted for 73 per cent of all UNHCRassisted resettlement departures. n
VII
REFUGEE RETURNS
To some extent, voluntary returns of refugees to
their country of origin can be an indication of stability and safety in those countries. Following this
logic, it is tempting to assume that the number of
refugee returns is proportional to the level of safety
prevailing in their country of origin, as refugees are
expected to return under conditions of safety and in
dignity. This is not always the case, however.
The number of returning refugees has remained
fairly low in recent years. An estimated 84,400 individuals returned during the first half of 2015,
compared to 107,000 during the same period in
2014. While the overall number of refugee returns
in 2014 (126,800) was already the lowest in more
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annex TABLE 1
Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs),
stateless persons, and others of concern to UNHCR by country/territory of asylum
| mid-2015 (or latest available estimates)
All data are provisional and subject to change.
REFUGEES
Country/
territory of asylum1
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria10
Angola
Antigua
and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia11
Austria12
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh13
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bolivia (Plurinational
State of)
Bonaire, Saint
Eustatius and Saba
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria14
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada14
Cayman Islands
Central African Rep.
Chad
Chile
China15
China,
Hong Kong SAR
China, Macao SAR
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Republic of
Costa Rica
Cte dIvoire
Croatia
Cuba
Curaao
Cyprus16
Czech Rep.14
Dem. Rep. of
the Congo17
Denmark14
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Rep.18
Ecuador12
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia19
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland14
16
Refugees 2
205,558
154
94,144
15,572
People in
refugee-like
situations3
20,156
-
Total refugees
and people in
refugee-like
situations
225,714
154
94,144
15,572
Of whom
assisted by
UNHCR
225,714
154
90,139
54
Asylumseekers
(pending
cases) 4
101
501
5,892
30,086
Returned
refugees5
46,148
2,887
IDPs
protected/
assisted by
UNHCR, incl.
people in IDPlike situations6
947,872
-
Returned
IDPs7
300
-
Persons
under
UNHCRs
statelessness
mandate8
7,443
-
Others of
concern to
UNHCR9
201,284
-
Total
population
of concern
1,421,419
8,098
100,036
48,545
10
10
3,523
3,240
35,582
60,747
1,357
7
277
32,975
1
1,369
31,115
488
12,450
200,000
-
3,523
15,690
35,582
60,747
1,357
7
277
232,975
1
1,369
31,115
488
113
7,297
1,357
7
277
32,975
1
617
488
897
114
2
22,837
30,900
262
19
78
11
257
9,396
146
84
622,892
-
238
570
3,585
6,302
5,267
-
30
-
4,420
16,042
2
58,419
92,217
628,096
56
355
232,986
1
7,928
45,778
146
572
767
767
153
775
6,805
6,805
6,805
11
19
84,500
79
52,437
143,851
2,164
7,762
11,046
34,027
54,126
80
288,552
149,163
6
7,906
420,774
1,798
301,057
13,741
-
2,164
7,762
11,046
34,027
54,126
80
302,293
149,163
6
7,906
420,774
1,798
301,057
2,164
708
11,046
34,027
54,126
76
289,806
6
7,170
420,774
55
150
248
17,902
7,840
180
2,733
33
7,835
14,481
1
394
2,749
719
564
11
1,220
-
78,948
81,693
368,859
-
138,825
-
2
20,524
67
1,302
115
-
40,336
590
131
100
50,000
-
2,412
66,002
20,524
18,953
34,207
137,710
115
244
391,821
163,644
107
517,204
473,523
2,517
301,621
151
151
151
9,940
10,092
219
61,492
3,475
1,972
669
313
44
5,763
3,137
41
-
219
61,492
3,475
1,972
710
313
44
5,763
3,137
33
61,492
3,469
1,972
710
172
44
-
6
56
3,248
1,819
667
90
12
41
2,339
409
22
1
74
24
-
6,520,270
24,000
-
12
2,613
700,000
2,886
1,502
1,069
57
13,774
6,000
-
6
6,520,579
65,810
7,907
726,770
17,484
325
85
14,102
5,048
160,271
160,271
131,686
1,124
3,230
1,491,769
193,841
150,771
2,001,006
17,785
14,787
609
53,378
226,344
48
2,944
117
702,467
12
11,798
68,344
-
17,785
14,787
609
121,722
226,344
48
2,944
117
702,467
12
11,798
14,787
609
53,378
226,344
13
2,944
702,467
12
-
4,566
2,586
752
11,583
30,019
1
117
2,871
8
2,622
1
2
-
4,984
133,770
21
86,522
1,928
21
346
-
27,335
17,373
135,131
133,305
256,384
48
2,967
86,756
705,686
20
16,348
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annex TABLE 1
Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs),
stateless persons, and others of concern to UNHCR by country/territory of asylum
| mid-2015 (or latest available estimates) (ctnd)
All data are provisional and subject to change.
REFUGEES
Country/
territory of asylum1
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Rep. of)
Iraq20
Ireland14
Israel
Italy14
Jamaica
Japan21
Jordan22
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao Peoples
Dem. Rep.
Latvia23
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
(Federated
States of)
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar24
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal25
Netherlands14
New Zealand14
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway14
Oman
Pakistan
Refugees 2
264,972
1,008
11,773
1,060
250,299
18,476
7,304
202
8,704
8,684
11
5
23
4,192
104
200,383
5,277
979,441
288,035
5,853
361
93,715
15
2,419
664,102
662
552,272
593
433
People in
refugee-like
situations3
599
927
38,139
-
Total refugees
and people in
refugee-like
situations
264,972
1,008
11,773
1,659
250,299
18,476
8,231
202
8,704
8,684
11
5
23
4,192
104
200,383
5,277
979,441
288,035
5,853
38,500
93,715
15
2,419
664,102
662
552,272
593
433
Of whom
assisted by
UNHCR
1,008
11,773
1,659
18,476
87
8,704
8,684
11
11
26,799
5,277
979,441
288,035
5,348
15
412
664,102
662
552,272
593
433
Asylumseekers
(pending
cases) 4
53,827
1,886
2
587
311,551
2,855
29,157
73
293
123
1
5
19
24,431
225
5,381
7,911
42
7,420
4,300
6,591
48,307
3
10,705
20,693
149
40,341
1,040
168
Returned
refugees5
8
3,318
1,231
-
IDPs
protected/
assisted by
UNHCR, incl.
people in IDPlike situations6
265,267
3,962,142
-
Returned
IDPs7
716
-
Persons
under
UNHCRs
statelessness
mandate8
1,290
793
11,978
214
128
119
50,000
99
88
606
631
7,038
20,000
93,000
13,678
Others of
concern to
UNHCR9
29
-
Total
population
of concern
320,089
2,894
11,775
268,306
573,828
21,331
37,602
275
8,997
8,807
12
10
42
28,751
448
205,764
13,188
979,491
4,311,660
10,252
45,179
142,628
18
13,755
684,795
7,849
613,844
94,633
14,279
195
1,172,388
44
38,904
27,948
107
1,055
1,192
10
8,963
97,385
14,970
6,095
50,851
2,158
188
26,000
-
195
1,172,388
44
38,904
27,948
107
1,055
1,192
10
8,963
97,573
14,970
6,095
76,851
2,158
1,172,388
38,904
27,948
10
8,963
97,573
14,486
50,851
212
171
10,851
1
18
8,904
75
54
831
9
13,669
54,400
386
425
407
-
6
740
-
434,869
90,218
-
41,995
-
262,802
1
2
3,583
81
40,000
13
5,813
1,479
80,000
55
263,168
1,189,052
45
40,408
471,721
184
4,692
2,104
19
22,632
271,973
148,309
6,520
77,258
2,226
34
34
33
11
6,203
2,144
4,552
1,659
506
36,287
82,494
1,349
361
82,064
1,279
47,043
122
1,540,854
33
11
6,203
2,144
4,552
1,659
506
36,287
82,494
1,349
361
82,064
1,279
47,043
122
1,540,854
11
6,203
2,144
2,482
1,468
21,287
81
82,064
1,279
122
1,540,854
5
7
2,216
14,257
1,100
816
57
8,097
251
25
122
909
5,885
268
6,103
1
5
2
2
368,500
50,000
1,385,298
1,556,400
8,000
122,719
336,606
16
3,284
1,090,000
1,951
1
1,997
-
10,318
7
1,679
409
2
70,000
-
33
32
19,812
4,360
18,816
1,466,501
4,443
1,322
36,753
92,542
1,600
391
202,186
1,510,205
54,925
390
3,439,965
/
17
annex TABLE 1
Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs),
stateless persons, and others of concern to UNHCR by country/territory of asylum
| mid-2015 (or latest available estimates) (ctnd)
All data are provisional and subject to change.
REFUGEES
Country/
territory of asylum1
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland14
Portugal14
Qatar
Rep. of Korea
Rep. of Moldova
Romania
Russian Federation26
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines
Sao Tome and
Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia and Kosovo
(S/RES/1244 (1999))
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Sint Maarten
(Dutch part)
Slovakia14
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan27
Spain14
Sri Lanka28
State of Palestine
Sudan29
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden14
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Rep.30
Tajikistan31
Thailand32
The former
Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey33
Turkmenistan
Turcs and
Caicos Islands
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab
Emirates
United Kingdom14
United Rep. of
Tanzania
United States of
America34
Uruguay
Uzbekistan35
Vanuatu
18
Refugees 2
1
2,303
4,929
161
1,407
254
15,741
699
133
1,313
389
2,426
315,313
132,743
1
2
People in
refugee-like
situations3
15,000
4,581
-
Total refugees
and people in
refugee-like
situations
1
17,303
9,510
161
1,407
254
15,741
699
133
1,313
389
2,426
315,313
132,743
1
2
Of whom
assisted by
UNHCR
1
330
24
39
17
133
394
389
156
3,596
132,743
1
2
184
14,304
Asylumseekers
(pending
cases) 4
Returned
refugees5
IDPs
protected/
assisted by
UNHCR, incl.
people in IDPlike situations6
42,171
-
334,888
-
Persons
under
UNHCRs
statelessness
mandate8
2
8,619
10,825
14
1,200
200
6,233
294
113,474
-
Others of
concern to
UNHCR9
68
361
60
Total
population
of concern
1
19,343
9,910
200
1,773
386,163
29,036
1,354
1,433
6,615
6,786
2,858
431,210
135,553
1
64
Returned
IDPs7
2,038
400
39
366
163
2,470
641
100
5,102
164
138
2,423
253
2
2,196
-
27
-
211
14,304
211
14,304
93
2,956
70,000
-
70,304
17,260
35,309
35,309
7,360
464
73
220,227
159
3,490
259,722
1,371
-
1,371
-
458
-
16
-
1,387
1
799
283
3
3,582
114,512
265,887
5,798
848
322,638
1
539
142,207
69,390
149,200
1,782
56,947
33,553
53,425
799
283
3
3,582
114,512
265,887
5,798
848
356,191
1
539
142,207
69,390
149,200
1,782
110,372
3
3,582
11,451
265,887
848
268,262
1
127
26,527
1,350
110,372
61
43
9,320
798,080
632
11,020
461
11,448
321
56,135
17,085
4,839
79
8,166
19,004
231
3
3,896
-
1,133,000
1,643,484
50,268
2,342,979
7,632,500
-
148,530
50,105
-
1,523
4
440
27,167
76
160,000
10,051
506,197
148
69
3,290
4
31
521
2,531
330
3
1,164,975
912,592
2,058,533
17,258
51,808
3
2,767,909
1
864
225,509
86,551
7,946,539
11,943
625,256
584
244
828
828
43
717
1,588
21,877
121
824
1,838,848
27
21,877
121
824
1,838,848
27
13,414
121
822
1,838,848
27
687
59
156
145,335
-
780
7,144
5
3
306
-
5
22,564
180
983
1,985,269
7,171
428,397
3,232
428,397
3,232
428,397
459
38,068
6,169
1,382,000
35,179
180,000
-
646,465
1,426,580
424
424
424
378
802
117,234
117,234
37,829
16
155,079
159,014
159,014
136,787
1,150
168,019
328,183
267,222
267,222
224,508
491,730
289
118
-
289
118
-
73
118
-
68
1
86,703
-
357
86,821
1
/
annex TABLE 1
Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs),
stateless persons, and others of concern to UNHCR by country/territory of asylum
| mid-2015 (or latest available estimates) (ctnd)
All data are provisional and subject to change.
REFUGEES
Country/
territory of asylum1
Refugees 2
Venezuela
(Bolivarian
5,647
Republic of)
Viet Nam
Yemen
263,047
Zambia
25,737
Zimbabwe36
6,085
Total 14,441,674
UNHCR-Bureaux
- Central Africa865,112
Great Lakes
- East and Horn
2,713,748
of Africa
- Southern Africa
179,837
- Western Africa
258,893
Total Africa
4,017,590
Asia and Pacific
3,506,644
Middle East and
2,941,121
North Africa
Europe
3,475,270
Americas
501,049
Total 14,441,674
UN major regions
Africa
4,419,845
Asia
7,853,396
Europe
1,625,002
Latin America and
84,664
the Caribbean
Northern America
416,385
Oceania
42,382
Total 14,441,674
Total refugees
People in and people in
refugee-like refugee-like
situations
situations3
Of whom
assisted by
UNHCR
Asylumseekers
(pending
cases) 4
IDPs
protected/
assisted by
UNHCR, incl.
people in IDPlike situations6
Returned
refugees5
Returned
IDPs7
Persons
under
UNHCRs
statelessness
mandate8
Others of
concern to
UNHCR9
Total
population
of concern
174,895
168,544
174,191
34,164
704
655,959
263,047
25,737
6,085
15,097,633
118,338
25,737
6,085
11,482,891
9,902
2,606
123
2,343,919
10
84,365
1,267,590
34,047,716
1,376,684
11,000
300,000
3,944,474
13,741
878,853
814,818
18,623
6,658
2,021,269
332,666
1,302
320,810
3,580,181
33,553
2,747,301
2,659,372
108,016
24,134
5,119,463
198,635
20,000
233,726
8,451,275
47,294
278,350
179,837
258,893
4,064,884
3,784,994
58,541
249,033
3,781,764
3,044,957
860,500
9,298
996,437
133,894
2,902
820
34,514
46,390
1,549,516
8,690,248
2,965,211
164,714
696,015
679,794
300,000
700,116
1,021,418
1,801,802
26,978
71,536
653,050
282,450
1,370,217
2,754,893
16,156,566
9,694,535
64,166
3,005,287
2,674,746
109,847
3,321
13,297,101
716
374,309
5,845
16,796,426
14,261
251,888
655,959
3,489,531
752,937
15,097,633
1,887,484
93,940
11,482,891
827,374
276,367
2,343,919
116
24
84,365
2,574,886
6,520,270
34,047,716
159
1,376,684
610,532
136,413
3,944,474
82,983
7,585,581
40,583
7,726,594
1,064,911 57,959,702
73,294
324,984
1,212
4,493,139
8,178,380
1,626,214
4,180,012
7,170,600
38,323
1,044,031
320,437
678,737
34,514
49,711
116
9,125,117
16,715,602
1,686,727
696,015
680,510
159
1,021,439
2,181,486
605,136
653,053 17,067,308
294,598 28,420,724
76,677 4,673,766
251,888
336,552
93,940
37,378
24
6,520,270
136,413
4,581
655,959
416,385
46,963
15,097,633
16
11,482,891
238,989
24,347
2,343,919
84,365
34,047,716
1,376,684
3,944,474
11,000
1,540,539
23,415
51,758
1,873
308,091
1,064,911 57,959,702
40,583
7,071,220
655,374
71,310
1,064,911 57,959,702
19
Notes
The data are generally provided by Governments, based on their own definitions and methods
of data collection.
A dash (-) indicates that the value is zero, not available or not applicable.
1 Country or territory of asylum or residence.
2 Persons recognized as refugees under the 1951 UN Convention/1967 Protocol, the 1969 OAU
Convention, in accordance with the UNHCR Statute, persons granted a complementary form
of protection and those granted temporary protection. In the absence of Government figures,
UNHCR has estimated the refugee population in many industrialized countries based on 10
years of individual asylum-seeker recognition.
3 This category is descriptive in nature and includes groups of persons who are outside their
country or territory of origin and who face protection risks similar to those of refugees, but
for whom refugee status has, for practical or other reasons, not been ascertained.
4 Persons whose application for asylum or refugee status is pending at any stage in the asylum
procedure.
5 Refugees who have returned to their place of origin during the first half of 2015. Source:
country of origin and asylum.
6 Persons who are displaced within their country and to whom UNHCR extends protection
and/or assistance. It also includes people in IDP-like situations. This category is descriptive in
nature and includes groups of persons who are inside their country of nationality or habitual
residence and who face protection risks similar to those of IDPs but who, for practical or other
reasons, could not be reported as such.
7 IDPs protected/assisted by UNHCR who have returned to their place of origin during the first
half of 2015.
8 Refers to persons who are not considered as nationals by any State under the operation
of its law. This category refers to persons who fall under the agencys statelessness mandate
because they are stateless according to this international definition, but data from some
countries may also include persons with undetermined nationality.
9 Refers to individuals who do not necessarily fall directly into any of the other groups but to
whom UNHCR may extend its protection and/or assistance services. These activities might be
based on humanitarian or other special grounds.
10 According to the Government of Algeria, there are an estimated 165,000 Sahrawi refugees in
the Tindouf camps.
11 Australias figures for asylum-seekers are based on the number of applications lodged for
protection visas. Refugee figure refers to the end of 2014.
12 All figures relate to the end of 2014.
13 The refugee population includes 200,000 persons originating from Myanmar in a refugeelike situation. The Government of Bangladesh estimates the population to be between
300,000 and 500,000.
14 Refugee population relates to the end of 2014.
15 The 300,000 Vietnamese refugees are well integrated and in practice receive protection
from the Government of China.
16 UNHCRs assistance activities for IDPs in Cyprus ended in 1999. Visit the website of the
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) for further information.
17 The number of Rwandan refugees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is subject to
change based on a registration exercise carried out in 2014 that resulted in a figure of 243,000
identified Rwandans, as well as a biometric registration exercise. UNOCHA revised the IDP
figure in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from more than 2.7 million at the end of 2014
to 1.5 million at mid-2015.
18 A previous estimate of 210,000 individuals was based on a national survey released by the
National Bureau for Statistics in 2013 concerning individuals born in the country to foreign
parents. According to official information released by the Dominican Government in 2015,
this estimate actually included a significant number of individuals born in the country to a
Dominican-born parent (i.e., a parent who may be a Dominican national). The revised estimate
includes only individuals born in the country where both parents were born abroad. This
estimate does not include subsequent generations of individuals of foreign descent, as there is
no reliable population data available concerning those other than first generation individuals,
and as such it does not include all persons without nationality. Finally, it should be noted
that the revised estimate will be adjusted as official data becomes available on the number of
individuals who have found an effective nationality solution under Law 169-14.
20
19 Almost all people recorded as being stateless have permanent residence and enjoy more
rights than foreseen in the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.
20 Pending a more accurate study into statelessness in Iraq, the estimate of stateless persons
in Iraq has been adjusted to reflect the reduction of statelessness in line with Law 26 of 2006,
which allows stateless persons to apply for nationality in certain circumstances.
21 Figures are UNHCR estimates.
22 Includes 32,800 Iraqi refugees registered with UNHCR in Jordan. The Government estimated
the number of Iraqis at 400,000 individuals at the end of March 2015. This included refugees
and other categories of Iraqis.
23 The figure of stateless persons includes persons covered by two separate Laws. 180 fall
under the Republic of Latvias Law on Stateless Persons on 17 February 2004, which replaced
the Law on the Status of Stateless Persons in the Republic of Latvia of 18 February 1999,
and which determines the legal status of persons who are not considered as citizens by the
legislation of any State and whose status is not determined by the 25th April 1995 Law (quoted
below). 262,622 of the persons reported in this table fall under the Republic of Latvias 25
April 1995 Law on the Status of Those Former USSR Citizens who are not Citizens of Latvia
or of Any Other State, and are granted a transitional legal status to permanently residing
persons (non-citizens) entitling them to a set of rights and obligations beyond the minimum
rights prescribed by the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. According
to the Latvian authorities, Non-citizens of Latvia is the only category of residents who are
not Latvian citizens, but who enjoy the right to reside in Latvia ex lege (all others require a
resident permit) and an immediate right to acquire citizenship through registration and/or
naturalisation (depending on age).
24 This figure is an estimate of persons without any citizenship in Rakhine state derived from
the 2014 census. It does not include an estimated 175,000 IDPs, persons in an IDP-like situation
and IDP returnees who are also of concern under the statelessness mandate because they are
already included among the IDP figure.
25 Various studies estimate that a large number of individuals lack citizenship certificates
in Nepal. While these individuals are not all necessarily stateless, UNHCR has been working
closely with the Government of Nepal and partners to address this situation.
26 Stateless persons refers to census figure from 2010 adjusted to reflect the number of
people who acquired nationality in 2011-2014.
27 IDP figure in South Sudan includes 105,000 people who are in an IDP-like situation.
28 The statistics of the remaining IDPs as at mid-2015, while provided by the Government
authorities at the district level, are being reviewed by the central authorities. Once this review
has been concluded, the statistics will be changed accordingly.
29 IDP figure in Sudan includes 77,300 people who are in an IDP-like situation.
30 Refugee figure for Iraqis in the Syrian Arab Republic is a Government estimate. UNHCR has
registered and is assisting 23,500 Iraqis at mid-2015.
31 Figure refers to a registration exercise in three regions and 637 persons registered as
stateless by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan.
32 Figure of stateless persons in Thailand refers to 2011.
33 Refugee figure for Syrians in Turkey is a Government estimate.
34 The refugee figure for the United States of America is currently under review, which may
lead to an adjustment in future reports. Refugee figure relates to the end of 2014.
35 Figure of stateless persons refers to those with permanent residence reported in 2010 by
the Government. Information on other categories of stateless persons is not available.
36 The figure is an estimate and currently under review.
Source: UNHCR/Governments.
annex TABLE 2
Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs),
stateless persons, and others of concern to UNHCR by origin
| mid-2015 (or latest available estimates)
All data are provisional and subject to change.
REFUGEES
Origin1
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
(Plurinational State of)
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cayman Islands
Central African Rep.
Chad
Chile
China
China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Macao SAR
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Republic of
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cte dIvoire
Croatia10
Cuba
Curaao
Cyprus11
Czech Rep.
Dem. Peoples Rep.
of Korea
Dem. Rep. of
the Congo
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Rep.
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Refugees2
2,632,534
10,463
3,541
7
9,550
1
53
312
11,891
18
9
10,579
215
373
11,108
86
4,299
76
45
352
21,392
Total refugees
People in and people in
refugee-like refugee-like
situations3
situations
- 2,632,534
10,463
3,541
7
9,550
1
53
312
11,891
18
9
10,579
215
373
1
11,109
86
4,299
76
45
352
21,392
of whom:
UNHCRassisted
2,514,874
6
68
1,122
3
72
1,590
17
212
16
1
20,818
Asylumseekers
(pending
cases) 4
106,972
34,550
6,259
1
2,226
16
131
6,834
9
12
4,845
58
107
28,150
32
1,108
14
38
873
3
194
Returned
refugees5
46,148
2,887
-
IDPs
protected/
assisted by
UNHCR, incl.
people in
IDP-like
situations6
947,872
622,892
-
Returned
IDPs7
300
-
Persons under
Others of
UNHCRs
statelessness concern to
mandate8
UNHCR9
201,315
18
62,413
12
1
7
12
1
-
Total
population
of concern
3,935,141
45,013
9,818
8
77,076
1
69
443
18,737
27
21
638,317
273
487
39,271
118
5,408
90
83
1,225
3
21,586
593
593
11
291
884
19,587
41
19,628
3,111
6,284
19
84,500
52,438
162,869
236
971
1
1,631
1,862
217,360
27
12,939
10,854
87
6
469,314
14,809
604
210,815
25
5
95,237
562
14,745
1
418
72,158
33,669
6,058
35
6
1,311
9
1,254
33,553
250,888
1,000
-
236
971
1
1,631
1,862
217,360
27
12,948
10,854
87
6
470,568
48,362
604
210,815
25
5
346,125
562
14,745
1
418
72,158
33,669
7,058
35
6
1,311
5
2
21
185,057
174
406
1
468,913
12,511
11
295
89,223
1
2,024
2
59,583
12,021
726
-
116
1,472
1
248
2,049
24,157
90
272
6,116
67
10,157
3,275
87
52,598
33
20
6,030
377
4,079
155
14,396
460
1,760
6
162
11
1,220
22
1
74
24
-
78,948
81,693
368,859
6,520,270
24,000
-
138,825
-
1
1
163,497
4
6
15,049
35,000
1
78
41
13,774
130
-
352
2,443
2
1,880
3,912
483,973
117
13,220
98,667
160
6
1,004,678
86,637
691
263,414
58
25
6,872,447
939
18,903
1
573
110,669
47,927
8,948
35
12
1,473
1,079
1,079
70
294
1,373
535,115
208
535,323
464,691
75,350
3,230
1,491,769
193,841
116,289
2,415,802
11
921
38
358
807
16,105
11,120
173
352,309
31,560
11
921
38
358
807
16,105
11,120
173
383,869
85
11
19
267
385
13
233,050
7
494
25
1,439
6,330
10,415
21,885
104
60,157
31
48
24
64
18
1,446
63
1,797
7,137
26,568
33,029
277
444,091
/
21
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Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs),
stateless persons, and others of concern to UNHCR by origin
| mid-2015 (or latest available estimates) (ctnd)
All data are provisional and subject to change.
REFUGEES
Origin1
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See (the)
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Rep. of)
Iraq12
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao Peoples Dem. Rep.
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar13
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
22
Refugees2
340
88,149
924
7
93
173
5,136
6,719
174
22,182
2
112
324
7,467
16,009
1,321
703
37,092
4,312
1,303
1
10,359
9,690
83,507
377,747
10
962
68
1,696
190
1,767
2,242
7,474
3
978
2,423
7,420
215
4,329
17
13,543
4,317
186
2
286
363
467
34
146,667
5
3
34,121
93
10,664
3
2,177
615
1,559
59
204,949
1,185
8,562
64
Total refugees
People in and people in
refugee-like refugee-like
situations3
situations
340
88,149
924
7
93
173
5,136
6,719
174
22,182
2
112
324
7,467
16,009
1,321
703
37,092
4,312
1,303
1
10,359
4,739
14,429
83,507
377,747
10
962
68
1,696
190
1,767
2,242
7,474
3
978
2,423
7,420
215
4,329
17
27
13,570
4,317
186
2
286
363
467
34
146,667
5
3
34,121
93
10,664
3
2,177
615
1,559
59
253,432
458,381
1,185
2
8,564
64
of whom:
UNHCRassisted
1
42,844
6
3
58
541
2
10,040
52
185
16
689
187
2
14
788
16,180
127,650
1
13
114
16
2,974
31
259
3
4
111
8,882
53
2
2
4
3
135,554
26,591
16
4
46
6
250,241
912
30
-
Asylumseekers
(pending
cases) 4
39
72,278
732
7
62
173
11,899
7,759
87
9,883
84
51
19,587
17,496
2,117
198
7,933
13,678
1,645
4
22,414
2,529
39,876
141,913
50
356
137
570
79
1,539
1,187
3,278
1
248
1,988
123
90
4,270
969
2,355
5,219
82
1
183
5,368
1,958
10
10,919
6
7,134
190
35,276
2,622
2,745
3,860
2,049
55,639
147
6,605
48
Returned
refugees5
2
8
3,318
1,231
6
740
1
5
-
IDPs
protected/
assisted by
UNHCR, incl.
people in
IDP-like
situations6
265,267
3,962,142
434,869
90,218
368,500
-
Returned
IDPs7
716
41,995
8,000
-
Persons under
Others of
UNHCRs
statelessness concern to
mandate8
UNHCR9
367
2
2
5
40,336
26
3
363
3
22
45
114
3
9
7
5
4
15
2
526
13
1
Total
population
of concern
379
160,796
1,656
14
155
346
17,035
279,745
263
32,067
2
196
375
27,059
33,505
3,438
901
85,361
18,016
2,951
5
33,136
16,961
123,413
4,485,881
60
1,318
205
2,266
269
3,420
3,429
11,986
4
1,226
4,411
7,543
305
8,599
986
15,940
444,412
268
3
474
5,731
2,425
44
290,539
5
9
41,259
283
45,940
3
4,799
3,360
5,434
2,110
891,047
1,350
15,169
113
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annex TABLE 2
Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs),
stateless persons, and others of concern to UNHCR by origin
| mid-2015 (or latest available estimates) (ctnd)
All data are provisional and subject to change.
REFUGEES
Origin1
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestinian14
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Rep. of Korea
Rep. of Moldova
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda15
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint-Pierreet-Miquelon
Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia and Kosovo
(S/RES/1244 (1999))
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Sint Maarten
(Dutch part)
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan16
Spain
Sri Lanka17
Sudan18
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Rep.
Tajikistan
The former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia
Thailand
Tibetan
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Total refugees
People in and people in
refugee-like refugee-like
Refugees2 situations3
situations
16
16
1,434
1,434
1,172
1,172
107,816
12,487
120,303
18
18
1
1
13
13
31
31
241,973
20,163
262,136
1
1
97,241
97,241
72
72
288
288
94
94
4,129
4,129
668
1
669
1,401
1,401
31
31
21
21
483
483
2,242
2,242
1,929
1,929
71,497
71,497
76,898
76,898
23
23
922
922
502
438
89,803
4
228,023
87,473
3
1
196
18
4
1
26
3
961
38,166
-
Asylumseekers
(pending
cases) 4
19
863
733
40,640
3
23
52,409
2
3,923
52
251
61
1,202
1,540
340
49
9
316
2,348
1,274
23,605
10,541
19
217
of whom:
UNHCRassisted
2
2
3
2,196
-
IDPs
protected/
assisted by
UNHCR, incl.
people in
IDP-like
situations6
50,000
1,385,298
1,556,400
42,171
-
Returned
refugees5
Returned
IDPs7
122,719
336,606
334,888
-
Persons under
Others of
UNHCRs
statelessness concern to
mandate8
UNHCR9
1
70,000
13
2
3,241
80,055
1
2
310
5,292
-
Total
population
of concern
36
2,299
121,905
1,668,973
18
1
16
54
2,207,555
3
104,408
124
539
155
5,331
459,323
1,741
80
30
799
4,591
3,205
95,412
94,927
42
1,139
1,736
1,736
170
1,906
1
1
22
629
23,404
1
1
22
629
23,404
19
20
19,928
483
1
8
483
11,599
15
-
484
2
30
1,127
35,003
44,648
244
44,892
6,660
55,253
73
220,227
159
320,604
25
4,962
59
25
4,962
59
816
-
16
3,377
34
1,479
-
41
9,818
93
305
24
70
1,105,460
426
744,034
60
122,533
634,612
17
162
18
17
4,180,920
741
158
68
6,307
13,634
-
305
24
70
1,105,618
426
744,102
60
122,533
640,919
17
162
18
17
4,194,554
741
1
826,556
6
720,660
4
2,234
620,493
3
4,023,972
70
498
22
30
49,990
840
3,885
87
15,504
40,109
48
170
10
3
90,751
1,021
19,004
231
3,896
-
1,133,000
1,643,484
50,268
2,342,979
7,632,500
-
148,530
50,105
-
74
12
15
6
3
8,001
-
803
46
100
2,307,686
1,266
2,540,013
147
188,551
3,078,014
65
335
28
20
11,925,806
1,762
1,813
1,813
9,780
11,593
225
15,069
13
9,226
22
371
1,484
63,004
498
2
-
227
15,069
13
9,226
22
371
1,484
63,004
498
15
3
1
3,128
44
16,761
28
682
10
4
1,874
78
172
2,052
10,302
1,021
46
11
15
-
909
15,125
17
11,100
100
543
3,547
73,321
1,519
/
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annex TABLE 2
Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs),
stateless persons, and others of concern to UNHCR by origin
| mid-2015 (or latest available estimates) (ctnd)
All data are provisional and subject to change.
REFUGEES
Origin1
Refugees2
Turks and
15
Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
2
Uganda
7,185
Ukraine
318,606
United Arab Emirates
93
United Kingdom
141
United Rep.
859
of Tanzania
United States
4,949
of America19
Uruguay
125
Uzbekistan
4,762
Vanuatu
1
Venezuela
7,954
(Bolivarian Rep. of)
Viet Nam20
313,332
Wallis and
Futuna Islands
Western Sahara21
90,538
Yemen
5,832
Zambia
318
Zimbabwe
22,210
Stateless
30,196
Various/unknown
113,101
Total 14,441,674
UNHCR-Bureaux
- Central AfricaGreat Lakes
- East and Horn
of Africa
- Southern Africa
Total refugees
People in and people in
refugee-like refugee-like
situations3
situations
Returned
refugees5
Persons under
Others of
UNHCRs
statelessness concern to
mandate8
UNHCR9
Returned
IDPs7
Total
population
of concern
15
18
180
-
2
7,185
318,786
93
141
916
933
5
2
1
6,123
20,754
90
114
1,382,000
-
180,000
5
-
3
193,308
1,721,545
183
255
859
98
1,395
2,254
4,949
13
235
16
5,200
125
4,762
1
1
311
-
57
2,293
-
2
-
182
7,057
1
7,954
195
7,420
15,376
313,333
231
4,745
198
318,276
26,000
116,538
5,832
318
22,210
30,196
113,101
655,959 15,097,633
90,116
3,619
12
1,352
955
465
11,482,891
1,100
5,618
414
52,992
10,082
756,240
2,343,919
1,267,590
10
84,365 34,047,716
1,376,684
3,944,474
3,944,474
117,638
14
1,279,054
732
121
75,333
- 3,984,752
13,831
883,172
1,064,911 57,959,702
1,325,513
1,462
1,326,975
1,159,390
132,080
6,658
2,021,269
332,666
300,209
4,119,857
2,954,953
71,646
3,026,599
2,460,089
239,589
24,134
5,119,463
198,635
215,557
8,823,977
62,557
167,008
35,492
- Western Africa
425,837
Total Africa
4,741,795
Asia and Pacific
3,923,643
Middle East and North
4,822,588
Africa
Europe
609,208
Americas
201,143
Various/Stateless
143,297
Total 14,441,674
UN major regions
Africa
4,893,460
Asia
8,685,396
Europe
517,009
Latin America and
196,107
the Caribbean
Northern America
5,036
Oceania
1,369
Various/Stateless
143,297
Total 14,441,674
24
Asylumseekers
(pending
cases) 4
of whom:
UNHCRassisted
IDPs
protected/
assisted by
UNHCR, incl.
people in
IDP-like
situations6
35,492
3,420
66,057
2,902
12,514
85,622
278,350
438,351
4,827,417
4,201,993
328,453
3,951,352
3,034,918
130,300
568,026
404,755
820
34,514
46,390
1,549,516
8,690,248
2,965,211
164,714
696,015
679,794
39,634
4,862,222
4,360,201
285,369
3,321
13,297,101
716
11,540 18,460,269
465
609,673
251,888
453,031
143,297
655,959 15,097,633
42,735
92,265
1,420
11,482,891
191,816
127,631
766,322
2,343,919
116 2,574,886
24 6,520,270
84,365 34,047,716
159
1,376,684
3,944,474
3,944,474
66,566
3,443,216
40,545
7,141,501
13,831 4,867,924
1,064,911 57,959,702
71,545 2,355,246
649,868 15,466,088
282,561 8,580,704
111,622
291,984
465
5,005,082
8,977,380
517,474
4,068,537
7,296,891
23,771
604,065
682,219
162,068
34,514
49,711
116
9,125,117
16,715,602
1,686,727
696,015
680,510
159
649,971
294,025
66,538
16,114,764
27,399,447
2,433,082
251,888
447,995
92,251
127,326
24
6,520,270
40,523
7,136,138
5,036
1,369
143,297
655,959 15,097,633
14
7
1,420
11,482,891
306
1,613
766,322
2,343,919
84,365 34,047,716
1,376,684
3,944,474
3,944,474
22
5,364
1
2,983
13,831 4,867,924
1,064,911 57,959,702
Notes
The data are generally provided by Governments, based on their own definitions and methods
of data collection.
A dash (-) indicates that the value is zero, not available or not applicable.
1 Country or territory of origin.
2 Persons recognized as refugees under the 1951 UN Convention/1967 Protocol, the 1969 OAU
Convention, in accordance with the UNHCR Statute, persons granted a complementary form
of protection and those granted temporary protection. In the absence of Government figures,
UNHCR has estimated the refugee population in many industrialized countries based on 10
years of individual asylum-seeker recognition.
3 This category is descriptive in nature and includes groups of persons who are outside their
country or territory of origin and who face protection risks similar to those of refugees, but
for whom refugee status has, for practical or other reasons, not been ascertained.
4 Persons whose application for asylum or refugee status is pending at any stage in the asylum
procedure.
5 Refugees who have returned to their place of origin during the first half of 2015. Source:
country of origin and asylum.
6 Persons who are displaced within their country and to whom UNHCR extends protection
and/or assistance. It also includes people in IDP-like situations. This category is descriptive in
nature and includes groups of persons who are inside their country of nationality or habitual
residence and who face protection risks similar to those of IDPs but who, for practical or other
reasons, could not be reported as such.
7 IDPs protected/assisted by UNHCR who have returned to their place of origin during the first
half of 2015.
8 Refers to persons who are not considered as nationals by any State under the operation
of its law. This category refers to persons who fall under the agencys statelessness mandate
because they are stateless according to this international definition, but data from some
countries may also include persons with undetermined nationality.
9 Refers to individuals who do not necessarily fall directly into any of the other groups but to
whom UNHCR may extend its protection and/or assistance services. These activities might be
based on humanitarian or other special grounds.
10 UNHCR has recommended on 4 April 2014 to start the process of cessation of refugee
status for refugees from Croatia displaced during the 1991-95 conflict. The Office suggests that
cessation enters into effect latest by the end of 2017.
11 UNHCRs assistance activities for IDPs in Cyprus ended in 1999. Visit the website of the
12 Refugee figure for Iraqis in the Syrian Arab Republic is a Government estimate. UNHCR has
registered and is assisting 23,500 Iraqis at mid-2015. The refugee population in Jordan includes
32,800 Iraqis registered with UNHCR. The Government of Jordan estimated the number of
Iraqis at 400,000 individuals at the end of March 2015. This included refugees and other
categories of Iraqis.
13 The figure of stateless persons refers to persons without citizenship in Rakhine State only
and does not include an estimated 170,000 IDPs and persons in an IDP-like situation who are
included under the IDP population but who are not considered nationals. The total stateless
population in Rakhine State is estimated to be approximately one million.
14 Refers to Palestinian refugees under the UNHCR mandate only.
15 The number of Rwandan refugees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is subject to
change based on a registration exercise carried out in 2014 that resulted in a figure of 243,000
identified Rwandans, as well as a biometric registration exercise.
16 An unknown number of refugees and asylum-seekers from South Sudan may be included
under Sudan (in absence of separate statistics for both countries). IDP figure in South Sudan
includes 105,000 people who are in an IDP-like situation.
17 The statistics of the remaining IDPs as at mid-2015, while provided by the Government
authorities at the district level, are being reviewed by the central authorities. Once this review
has been concluded, the statistics will be changed accordingly.
18 Figures for refugees and asylum-seekers may include citizens of South Sudan (in absence of
separate statistics for both countries). IDP figure in Sudan includes 77,300 people who are in an
IDP-like situation.
19 A limited number of countries record refugee and asylum statistics by country of birth
rather than country of origin. This affects the number of refugees reported as originating from
the United States of America.
20 The 300,000 Vietnamese refugees are well integrated and in practice receive protection
from the Government of China.
21 According to the Government of Algeria, there are an estimated 165,000 Sahrawi refugees in
the Tindouf camps.
Source: UNHCR/Governments.
25
http://www.unhcr.org/statistics/mid2015stats.zip
26
www.unhcr.org
UNHCR Mid-Year Trends 2015
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(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
refers to
individuals who do not necessarily fall directly into any
of these groups but to whom UNHCR has extended
its protection and/or assistance services, based on
humanitarian or other special grounds.
Complementary protection refers to protection provided under national, regional, or international law to persons who do not qualify for protection under refugee law
instruments but are in need of international protection because they are at risk of serious harm.
Temporary protection refers to arrangements developed to offer protection of a temporary nature, either until the situation in the country of origin improves and allows
for a safe and dignified return or until individual refugee or complementary protection status determination can be carried out.
This term is descriptive in nature. It includes groups of persons who are outside their country or territory of origin and who face protection risks similar to refugees but
for whom refugee status has, for practical or other reasons, not been ascertained.
See: United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Report of the Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Francis M. Deng, submitted pursuant to Commission
resolution 1997/39. Addendum: Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, 11 February 1998.
This term is descriptive in nature. It includes groups of persons who are inside their country of nationality or habitual residence and who face protection risks similar to
IDPs but who, for practical or other reasons, could not be reported as such.