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Origins

The refugee population under UNHCR’s mandate stood at 20.4 million refugees at the end of 2018 and has nearly doubled since 2012. Altogether, refugees from the top 10 countries of origin accounted for 82 per cent of refugees (16.6 million) in 2018. Over two thirds of the world’s refugees come from just five countries: Syria, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Myanmar and Somalia.

As has been the case since 2014, the main country of origin for refugees in 2018 was Syria, with 6.7 million at the end of the year, an increase over the 6.3 million from a year earlier. (more)

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Destinations

While refugees are hosted by 127 countries on six continents, the vast majority (more than 80 per cent) remains in neighbouring countries.

Turkey hosts the vast majority of Syrian, over 88% of Afghan refugees are hosted by neighboring Pakistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Altogether, neighboring countries host nearly all refugees from South Sudan, Sudan, DRC and CAR. (more)