Phillip Connor

With nearly 160,000 arrivals so far in 2016, Italy may surpass Greece as Europe’s new focal point for refugee flows.

With the number of displaced people in the world at more than 60 million in 2015, the plight of refugees has gained new prominence.

A total of 38,901 Muslim refugees entered the U.S. in fiscal year 2016, making up almost half (46%) of the nearly 85,000 refugees who entered the country in that period.

The number of refugees who have entered Europe this summer has declined compared with last year, but the backlog of asylum applications continues to grow.

Worldwide, an estimated $582 billion was sent by migrants to relatives in their home countries in 2015, a 2% decline from 2014.

More than 60 million people are displaced from their homes as of the end of 2015, the highest number of displaced people since World War II.

The UK has the fifth-largest immigrant population in the world, at 8.5 million.

The recent historic migration surge into Europe has led to a large jump in the immigrant share of populations in many European nations, with the notable exceptions of the UK and France, which saw more modest increases.

An estimated 12.5 million Syrians are now displaced, an unprecedented number in recent history for a single country.

Somalia has faced lawlessness and strife during its decades-long civil war. As the country of 10.8 million continues to experience political and economic instability, its people are increasingly living outside of Somalia. New migrants are making their way to places like Europe, but they face a long and dangerous journey over land and sea. Hundreds […]