Refugees & Asylum Seekers

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.

As political and economic unrest roils Venezuela, U.S. asylum applications filed by Venezuelans so far in fiscal 2016 have jumped 168% compared with the same time period a year earlier.

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 recent wave of asylum seekers to 28 EU countries, Norway and Switzerland accounts for one-in-ten asylum applications to the region since 1985.

The refugee crisis and the threat of terrorism are very much related in the minds of many Europeans. Across the EU there are also sharp ideological divides on views about minorities, diversity and national identity.

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 […]

In 2015, there were a record 96,000 unaccompanied child migrants seeking asylum in Europe.

Large-scale refugee flows and lack of progress in slowing global warming are the top risks that the world faces in the coming decade, according to a survey by the World Economic Forum of executives and experts.

Public opinion data going back to the 1930s shows that generally speaking, Americans oppose large numbers of refugees entering the country.