Top 10 African countries by total refugees and asylum seekers, 2015
Top 10 African countries by total refugees and asylum seekers, 2015
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- Refugees, such as this new mother at a camp in Dadaab, Kenya, account for some of the world’s 258 million international migrants.
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- Top 10 African countries by total refugees and asylum seekers, 2015
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- Migrants to Africa, within Africa and from Africa between 1990 and 2015
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- This child is at the Imvepi Refugee Settlement in the Arua district in northern Uganda. (Photo: un Desa / UN Photo)
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- According to a 2011 Gallup poll, 33 per cent of sub-Saharan Africans said they wanted to migrate. The refugees at this camp in Uganda have only moved from war-torn South Sudan, but many Africans are leaving the continent entirely. (Photo: UNPHOTO)
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- In 2017, 51 per cent of all international migrants in the world were living in only 10 countries, with the U.S. taking the highest number. Shown here is a “naturalization ceremony” on Citizenship Day in Salem, Mass. (Photo: Torsten Henning)
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- After Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, the largest group of illegal immigrants (268,000) to the United States comes from China, followed by India (267,000). These arrivals — legal or otherwise — have contributed to what demographers call the “browning” of the United States, writer Wolfgang Depner states. They also contribute to vibrant ethnic communities such as this one — Chinatown in Manhattan. (Photo: chensiyuan)
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- At this naturalization ceremony in the Grand Canyon, 23 people from 12 different countries, including Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam and Zambia, became U.S. citizens. (Photo: Grand Canyon National Park)
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- Number of refugees by major countries of origin as of 2016
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- Number of refugees by major host countries as of 2016
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- The influx of refugees and migrants into Europe from beyond its borders has encouraged Brexit, strained the resources of receiving societies, such as Greece, shown here, and fundamentally realigned European politics. (Photo: UNPHOTO)
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- Greece has been a receiving country for many African and Syrian migrants, such as this young boy. (Photo: UNPHOTO)