Transcription of GLOBAL TRENDS - UNHCR
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GLOBAL TRENDS - UNHCR
GLOBALTRENDSFORCED DISPLACEMENT IN 20162016 in ReviewTRENDS AT A million people who were refugees at million internally displaced million under UNHCR s million Palestinian refugees registered by million asylum-seekersas a result of persecution, conflict, violence, or human rights MILLION NEWLY DISPLACED During the year, million people were newly displaced by conflict or persecution. This included million individuals displaced within the borders of their own countries2 and million new refugees and new 20 NEW DISPLACEMENTS EVERY MINUTE The number of new displacements was equivalent to 20 people being forced to flee their homes every minute of 2016. 51% Children below 18 years of age constituted about half of the refugee population in 2016, as in recent years.
UNHCR > GLOBAL TRENDS 2016 5 Over the past two decades, the global population of forcibly displaced people has grown substantially from 33.9 million in 1997 to 65.6 million in 2016, and it remains at a record high (see
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