(MENAFN- SomTribune) Nearly 60 million people are displaced around the world because of conflict and persecution, the largest number ever recorded by the United Nations . About 14 million of those fled in 2014, according to a report released this week.
SYRIAN DISPLACEMENT
About 11.6 million Syrians have been displaced, nearly half of Syria's entire population. Most of them are scattered within Syria, but 3.9 million were living abroad by the end of 2014 – nearly all of them in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq.
Countries with more than 1,000 Syrian refugees.
Fleeing Syria
Beyond the millions who have fled to Syria's immediate neighbors, Egypt has received the largest number of Syrian refugees, roughly 138,000 by last December. All other countries combined have received a relatively small number, some 140,000, as shown above.
OVERLOOKED CONTINENT
Despite the drama of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe, most Africans displaced by conflict stay in Africa.
About 15 million people are displaced in sub-Saharan Africa — 4.5 million of them fled last year. Long-lasting conflicts in Somalia, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as the civil war in South Sudan, are some of the top contributors.
AFRICA
Camps with more than 1,000 refugees
MAIN DESTINATIONS
When refugees flee their own countries, most wind up with theirimmediate neighbors, often some of the world's poorer nations.
85 percent of all refugees are living in this area
IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD
The United States and France, some of the top hosts of refugees in the developed world, have the greatest variety of refugees by country of origin.
In terms of hosting displaced people, developed countries pale in comparison with nations bordering conflict zones. Combined, the United States and France had 760,000 refugees last year. Ethiopia, for example, is host to some 665,000, most from Somalia and South Sudan. Rich nations offer most of the funding to aid refugees in the developing world. The United States contributed about a third of the United Nations refugee agency budget in 2014.
Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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