2015 is likely to exceed all previous records of global
displacement with at least five million people forced to flee their
homes in the first half of the year, a new UN report
The global refugee total crossed the 20 million threshold for the first time since 1992 and the number of internally displaced people spiked by 2 million taking the number to 34 million, according to the UNHCR's Mid-Year Trends 2015 report covering the period from January to end June
In the first six months of 2015, Germany was the world's biggest recipient of new asylum claims with 159,000 applications, close to the total for all of 2014.
Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan were the top five refugee generating countries in the first half of 2015 while Turkey, Pakistan, Lebanon, Iran and Ethiopia were the top five refugee hosting countries in the first half of 2015.
The global refugee total crossed the 20 million threshold for the first time since 1992 and the number of internally displaced people spiked by 2 million taking the number to 34 million, according to the UNHCR's Mid-Year Trends 2015 report covering the period from January to end June
In the first six months of 2015, Germany was the world's biggest recipient of new asylum claims with 159,000 applications, close to the total for all of 2014.
Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan were the top five refugee generating countries in the first half of 2015 while Turkey, Pakistan, Lebanon, Iran and Ethiopia were the top five refugee hosting countries in the first half of 2015.
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