Source: US Department of State - Humanitarian Information Unit
Country: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Malaysia, Mauritania, Myanmar, occupied Palestinian territory, Pakistan, Rwanda, Serbia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, World
Approximately 12 million people lived in protracted refugee situations* around the world at the end of 2015, comprising nearly two-thirds of the global refugee population. A protracted refugee situation exists when 25,000 or more refugees originating from the same country have sought refuge in another country for at least five consecutive years.
*These numbers include people in a refugee-like situation