GEOGRAPHY

TURKEY HOSTS THE MOST REFUGEES AT 1.84 MILLION

98% ARE SYRIAN

PAKISTAN HOSTS 1.5 MILLION REFUGEES

LEBANON HOSTS 1.2 MILLION REFUGEES

 99% ARE SYRIAN

[THERE ARE 209 REFUGEES FOR EVERY 1000 INHABITANTS]

IRAN HOSTS JUST UNDER 1 MILLION REFUGEES

GERMANY RECEIVED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF NEW ASYLUM APPLICATIONS WORLDWIDE DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2015: 159,000

 

IN 2014, 173,100 PEOPLE SOUGHT ASYLUM IN GERMANY OVER THE COURSE OF THE ENTIRE YEAR

APPROXIMATELY 70,000 REFUGEES ARE RESETTLED IN THE US EVERY YEAR 

 

THE US HAS RESETTLED FEWER THAN 1% OF SYRIAN REFUGEES

 

[THE US STATES ACCEPTING THE MOST REFUGEES INCLUDE TEXAS, CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK MICHIGAN, FLORIDA, ARIZONA AND OHIO]