According to the UNHCR report, millions of people have been forcibly displaced around the world due to persecution, violence, conflict and human rights violations. While this number is announced to exceed 108 million, 76 percent of the most refugees and those in need of international protection worldwide are hosted by low- and middle-income countries.
19 MILLION PEOPLE FORCED DISPLACED IN 1 YEAR
UNHCR’s report titled “Global Educations in Forced Displacement 2022” has been published.
The report said the number of forcibly displaced people rose to 108.4 million, up nearly 19 million last year compared to the end of 2021.
It was stated that 62.5 million of these figures include internally displaced people, 35.3 million refugees, 5.4 million asylum seekers and 5.2 million individuals in need of international protection.
REMARKABLE DETAIL IN THE REPORT
Low- and middle-income countries reportedly host 76 percent of the world’s refugees and those in need of international protection.
While the least developed countries host 20 percent of the forcibly displaced, about 70 percent of refugees and those in need of international protection live in neighboring countries.
TURKEY IS THE COUNTRY HOSTING THE MOST REFUGEES
The report underlined that Turkey is the country hosting the largest refugee population in the world, with approximately 3.6 million refugees. Turkey was followed by Iran with 3.4 million, Colombia with 2.5 million and Germany with 2.1 million.
According to their national populations, Aruba Island (1 in 6 of its population) and Lebanon (1 in 7 of its population) were recorded as hosting the largest numbers of refugees and other people in need of international protection.
The report states that children, who make up 30 percent of the world’s population, represent 40 percent of the forcibly displaced.
While a total of 2.6 million asylum applications were made worldwide in 2022, it was stated that the USA was the country that received the most applications with 730 thousand 400 people.
It was stated that while Germany followed the USA with 217 thousand 800, Costa Rica, Spain and Mexico were in the top 5 in this field.
SYRIA, UKRAINE AND AFGHANISTAN AT THE HIGHEST REQUEST FOR PROTECTION
The report underlined that all refugees and other persons in need of international protection came from Syria with 6.5 million, Ukraine with 5.7 million and Afghanistan with 5.7 million. Accordingly, 52 percent of those in need of protection came from these 3 countries.
It was also stated that the total number of refugees worldwide reached 34.6 million by the end of 2022, an increase of 35 percent (8.9 million people).
It was also emphasized that this increase was largely due to revised estimates of the number of Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war in their countries, and Afghans in Iran and Pakistan.
6 MILLION PEOPLE RETURNED TO THE COUNTRY
More than 6 million IDPs, including 5.7 million internally displaced people and 339,300 refugees, returned to their countries in 2022, the report said.
In the report, it was stated that 114 thousand 300 refugees were transferred from the country where they applied for asylum to another country that accepted them, and this rate increased by half compared to the previous year. It was also shared that UNHCR handed over 116,500 refugees to countries for resettlement.
“These figures show us that some people are too quick to engage in conflict and too slow to find a solution. The result is destruction, displacement and suffering for each and every one of the millions of people forcibly removed from their homes,” said Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, whose views are included in the report. used the phrases.
In the report, it was noted that while the number of refugees and displaced persons with solutions increased in 2022 compared to the previous year, there was no bright picture for permanent solutions.