13 June 2024: unhcr, asylum statistics, eu

UNHCR reports 117 million displaced

Of these 117.3 million forcibly displaced,

• 43.4 million were refugees - the largest recorded increase within a year
• 68.3 million were internally displaced
• 6.9 million were asylum seekers
• 5.8 other people in need of international protection (a newly named category consisting mostly of Venezuelans displaced abroad)

75% of the world's refugees and other people in need of international protection were hosted in low and middle income countries.

69% of refugees live in countries neighbouring their countries of origin.

About 40% of the displaced are children.

"New and ongoing conflicts have driven forced displacement across the globe. Conflict in Sudan broke out in April 2023, causing one of the largest humanitarian and displacement crises in the world. More than 6 million people were displaced within the country, with a further 1.2 million fleeing to neighbouring countries.

In Myanmar, escalating violence following the military takeover in February 2021, displaced more than 1.3 million people within the country in 2023. While in the State of Palestine, UNRWA estimates that between October and December 2023, up to 1.7 million people (or over 75 per cent of the population) were displaced by the conflict in the Gaza Strip, with some forced to flee multiple times." (from the summary page: https://www.unhcr.org/global-trends)

The report can be accessed at the following link:

UNHCR: Global Trends. Forced Displacement in 2023, 13 June 2024
https://www.unhcr.org/global-trends-report-2023

For numbers on asylum decisions in the European Union in 2023, see the following EUROSTAT publication:

"EU countries granted protection status to 409 485 asylum seekers in 2023, up 7% compared with 2022 (383 700).

Among the 409 485 asylum seekers who were granted protection status in 2023 in the EU countries, 43% received refugee status, 35% were given subsidiary protection, and 22% received humanitarian status.

Syrians, Afghans and Venezuelans were the main beneficiaries of protection status in the EU countries in 2023. [...]

In 2023, 43 % of asylum applicants received refugee status, 35 % were granted subsidiary protection, and 22 % received humanitarian status. [...]

In 2023, the largest group who obtained protection status in the EU were Syrians (32 % of the total number of people granted protection status in the EU, 130 160 persons) (Figure 3). They were followed by Afghans (18 %, 73 430), Venezuelans (10 %, 42 665), Iraqis (3 %, 12 040), Somalis (3 %, 11 675) and Ukrainians (3 %, 10 340). " (EUROSTAT: Asylum decisions - annual statistics, last edited on 5 June 2024)

The EUAA has announced the release of its Asylum Report 2024 for 17 June: https://euaa.europa.eu/asylum-knowledge/asylum-report