In the East and Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region, millions of people have fled their homes due to conflict, climate-related events and political violence. By the end of 2021, the region hosted 4.9 million refugees and asylum seekers, as well as 12 million internally displaced people.

According to the United Nations, developing countries, mostly in Africa, are taking in a disproportionate number of refugees — currently 80% of the world’s refugee population. Refugees...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency works to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution or war at home. Since 1950, we have faced multiple crises on multiple continents, and provided vital protection and assistance to refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced and stateless people ...

2022年5月18日 · Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana are examples of countries that host large numbers of refugees. As political scientist Sabella Abide states, many refugees and asylum seekers suffer...

South Sudan continued to be the country of origin of the largest number of refugees in Africa (around 2.3 million) and ranked fourth globally, after the Syrian Arab Republic, Ukraine and Afghanistan.

4 天之前 · Climate-induced torrential rains starting in June 2024 led to widespread devastation across West and Central Africa, with over 4.9 million people affected across Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Mali among them refugees and internally displaced persons, representing a shocking 485 per cent increase from 2023.

2024年7月5日 · Refugees and migrants continue to face extreme forms of violence, exploitation and death on sea and on land across Africa as they move through the continent, UN agencies said on Friday, in an...

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, sub-Sahara Africa hosts more than 26 percent (over 18 million) of the world's refugees. The number of refugees has soared over the...

2023年2月15日 · The number of forcibly displaced people – which includes internally displaced persons (IDPs), asylum seekers and refugees – surpassed 100 million globally in May 2022. While the Ukrainian crisis dominated responses last year, African refugees have fewer options with less support than ever.

The East and Horn of Africa, and Great Lakes region hosted nearly 5 million refugees at the end of 2022. The region hosts 20 percent of the global refugee population and almost 85 percent of all refugees in the region live in Chad (592,800), Cameroon (473,900) and Niger (255,300).