HAMSA'S JOURNEY
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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
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HOST OVER 86% OF THE WORLD'S 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]