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Countries that are the Source of Refugees

Name the countries from which the greatest number of refugees and asylum seekers have fled.
As of 2022. Source.
Includes all registered refugees and asylum seekers who fled at any time in their lives and haven't returned. Some fled decades ago.
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First submittedJanuary 22, 2018
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Top host
Country
6.70 mil
Turkey
Syria
6.59 mil
Colombia
Venezuela
5.96 mil
Iran
Afghanistan
5.71 mil
Russia
Ukraine
2.30 mil
Uganda
South Sudan
1.30 mil
Bangladesh
Myanmar
1.07 mil
Uganda
D. R. Congo
924 k
Chad
Sudan
847 k
Kenya
Somalia
763 k
Cameroon
Central African Republic
587 k
Ethiopia
Eritrea
517 k
Turkey
Iraq
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Top host
Country
474 k
Niger
Nigeria
377 k
Tanzania
Burundi
294 k
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
278 k
United States
China
271 k
Sudan
Ethiopia
268 k
D. R. Congo
Rwanda
261 k
United States
Honduras
255 k
United States
Cuba
253 k
United States
Colombia
239 k
Mauritania
Mali
208 k
United States
Haiti
207 k
United States
El Salvador
TinklePork
+4
Level 62
Jan 22, 2018
What's the deal with Ukraine? I remember seeing them on the "poorest countries per capita" quiz earlier today and now apparently they're bleeding refugees? I always thought they were a semi-prosperous eastern European country, similar to the Baltic states, Russia or Romania. Apparently this isn't the case
ed1969
+46
Level 72
Jan 22, 2018
They are fighting a civil war against Russian backed insurgents.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Donbass

TinklePork
+11
Level 62
Jan 22, 2018
Wow I didn't realize it was this serious; news stories usually mention it in passing, so I figured it was more of a civil unrest or very minor conflict.

Almost 1.5 million internally displaced and nearly 1 million fled the country though...

Djilas
+20
Level 82
Jan 22, 2018
It's a low intensity war in one part of the country (though still war), and most of the country is peaceful and perfectly fine to visit / live, apart from economic troubles brought about by the war and reduced trade with Russia. That's why it's not such a big everday news like Syria, Iraq, Yemen, or e.g. Bosnia in the past.
LuigiDood227
+38
Level 64
Mar 27, 2023
Well this aged poorly
Constantinos
+9
Level 72
Jul 11, 2023
Up to that point it wasnt as serious as iti is now.
POOCH
+7
Level 73
Jun 27, 2018
By "others" do you mean the Russians sent to Ukraine by Stalin after he wiped out many of the native Ukrainians (some estimates up to 12 million) by starvation in 1932 and 33? That Uncle Joe was such a nice guy and such a great ally in WWII. Just goes to show how much you are willing to overlook when the outcome will be better for you if you just ignore a few little things.
explorer97
+7
Level 65
Sep 18, 2023
Ukrainians were not the only ones starved in 1932. Many Russians and Kazakhs also died because of Holodomor. And, of course, 12 million is too much.
kalbahamut
+5
Level 82
Jan 23, 2018
Romania is not exactly prosperous, but they're better off than Ukraine.
rabble
+2
Level 66
May 11, 2023
I think Ukraine is in last place, or, second-to-last, next to Moldova. People are looking for any excuse to leave, probably.

Not to mention, they, apparently, can't legally draft their citizens to fight the war. The war defending their own sovereignty & territorial integrity. I don't know who lacked forethought when creating that rule. Apparently they're an intelligent populace. Quick way to selectively kill off your country's most valuable males- by only allowing the ones who will voluntarily die for it to do so.

Look it up for yourself. Yes, they can/do ask military-aged males to fight. No, AFAIK, there are no serious repercussions to refusniks. Good motivation to travel abroad.

AnAngryYordle
+3
Level 69
Aug 7, 2023
half truth. If you look the main recieving country is russia. It's more that the Ukrainian government at the time was incredibly racist towards russians, outright forbidding their language and oppressing them, which caused the regions in the donbass to declare independence in the first place. The russian speaking citizens were mainly the ones that were fleeing the country. Of course now since the invasion this has changed massively and the ukrainian government is no longer the main bad guy in this situation, but the russian one is.
mrnafe
+28
Level 82
Jan 23, 2018
How does Yemen not make the list? Are refugees not being allowed to leave?
kalbahamut
+8
Level 82
Jan 23, 2018
well they are not allowed in to Saudi Arabia. Not sure what Oman's position is but given the terrain and climate it's not really easy to get to Oman. I was wondering why Libya missed the cut.
Rowand33
+1
Level 51
Jan 24, 2018
Same.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Jun 5, 2018
According to something I read more recently there are actually a large number of refugees in Saudi Arabia now but I think the majority came from Syria.
idontkn1
+4
Level 90
Jan 23, 2018
The numbers are based off 2014. Most of the really bad stuff didn't really start until 2014 if my memory is correct. Imagine a list from 2017 would haven them.
tourwoorden
+2
Level 70
Jun 14, 2018
It struck me that Colombia is on this list... A more recent list would include Venezuela for sure, as 600,000 Venezuelans have fled to Colombia and many more have fled to other neighboring countries. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article204753119.html
mf3
+3
Level 87
Aug 14, 2020
Actually it's a quick boat ride from any port in western Yemen to Africa.
ddddan
+8
Level 81
Sep 28, 2020
But since most of those countries are *also* on the list...
cta127
+3
Level 72
May 1, 2023
The horn of Africa isn't exactly a hotspot of prosperity or stability.
Etanna
+1
Level 70
Jan 23, 2018
I was surprised that Bangladesh was not accepted but I guess they are not considered to be refugees either? Interesting data though, Colombia, Sri Lanka and Vietnam surprised me, too
samiamco
+2
Level 69
Feb 2, 2018
Same here. Why are people fleeing Vietnam, and where are they going? Laos?
SWATkun
+2
Level 60
Jun 5, 2018
Same here too. I was pretty shocked to see China, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. Where do the Chinese flee to ? And where do the Sri Lankans go ? It's an Island and the only Island nation in the list. I was wondering weather they swim through the Palk Strait and come to India or not.
Quizmaster
+13
Level ∞
Jun 5, 2018
They are refugees from the Vietnam War and they live in the United States.
ctleng76
+10
Level 65
Jun 6, 2018
The quiz mentions that some of these refugees fled decades ago, so this doesn't represent current events in every case.
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 60
Sep 20, 2023
I was the opposite. I was sure Vietnam would be on here.
JohnOfili
+1
Level 41
Jun 5, 2018
oo my parents are refugees from Sri Lnaka
divantilya
+1
Level 37
Jan 23, 2018
Colombia? - But no Cuba? - and no Haiti?
Malbaby
+3
Level 71
Jan 23, 2018
It's down to numbers, some countries have refugees (so called) leaving, but not so many. Can't see more than 79,000 leaving Cuba.
Rowand33
+2
Level 51
Jan 24, 2018
Surprised that Libya isn't on the list.
redsplat
+7
Level 74
Jan 29, 2018
What are the time parameters for the answers? Refugees only for the year 2014? A few years leading up to 2014? All through history up to 2014? I assume not this latter one, but perhaps a change of wording in the description would help narrow it down?
tshalla
+1
Level 75
Jun 5, 2018
Yup. I was wondering.
ander217
+1
Level 75
Jun 5, 2018
Agree, it would have been helpful to know before taking the quiz. I looked up the source and the data comes from refugees who registered with the UNHRC from 2007-mid 2015.
tylerdavid
+1
Level 73
Jun 5, 2018
Agree. I looked at the source. Quizmaster should have mentioned it was between 2006 and 2014.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jun 5, 2018
@ander217 and @tylerdavid: You are misinterpreting the source data. The source data shows, for each year, the number of refugees that had registered in all prior years and had not yet returned to their home country. I added a caveat to make this more clear.
CaoMaru
+1
Level 50
Feb 17, 2020
I was interested in this too. The cutoff point is around the 1950s or 60s I'm guessing, since refugees from the Vietnam war would appear to be included, but not those from Europe during WW2, or from Korea.
mrsumo
+3
Level 78
Sep 29, 2020
Yes, your description implies that it goes way back in history. If you are going to use this data source, try to make more clear the time period the data covers.
buck1017
+16
Level 77
Feb 1, 2018
What about Egypt? I remember watching a documentary about an entire group of people fleeing Egypt and crossing the red sea into Israel.
smartguy2
+31
Level 67
Feb 24, 2018
That was like 3000 years ago.
stusum
+1
Level 64
Sep 18, 2023
Also it didn't actually happen.
akbadry
+2
Level 51
Jun 5, 2018
Egypt may suffer the odd terrorist attack, but it's generally a stable country with few concerns so no refugees there
N7er
+1
Level 48
Sep 28, 2020
Those are mostly not Egyptians but Sudanese and Eritreans who arrive in Israel via Egypt.
Daigoro
+3
Level 71
Jun 5, 2018
I guess now Venezuela should appear on the list
cashmercury
+6
Level 65
Jun 5, 2018
What about Palestinians? I'm sure they should be at the top of the list...
smartguy2
+2
Level 67
Jun 5, 2018
If it were counted as it's own country, then yes it would be. However, something should represent these refugees, as just its refugees in Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon alone would be in the top 3.
N7er
+6
Level 48
Sep 28, 2020
Palestinians are not part of the overall UN definitions of refugees, they have special rules for themselves. They have their own special UN agency (UNRWA), and unlike any other UN-recognised refugees, their position is transferred to following generations. In short, according to the UN, there are refugees and there are Palestinian refugees.
JonOfKent
+3
Level 56
Dec 16, 2020
It's strange isn't it - the idea of classing anyone as a refugee if their (great) grandfather was a refugee. That logic would make me a refugee, as my grandmother fled Czechoslovakia in 1938.
Thisisreal
+2
Level 87
Jul 11, 2023
It is strange. Even the Jews who survived the Holocaust didn’t get to transfer their refugee status to their offsprings.
EvaR
+1
Level 66
Jun 6, 2018
guessed last Rwanda with 0:01 left :D
Susie222
+1
Level 59
Jun 9, 2018
Since no time frame except "decades ago," what about Ireland during the Great Potato Famine?
Quizmaster
+12
Level ∞
Aug 14, 2020
Those people died more than a century ago.
JohnnyYeet
+1
Level 57
Jun 11, 2020
Mexico should be here
Tramp
+3
Level 76
Aug 20, 2020
There are lots of Mexican immigrants, but very few (if any?) refugees. Refugees are people who are escaping government persecution or war, and I don't think the cartel violence is officially considered to be a war.
Chutney
+3
Level 62
Sep 28, 2020
illegal immigrants/immigrants are not refugees
YashShelar
+1
Level 46
Aug 15, 2020
I forgot all the African ones.
Regtheledge1000
+1
Level 29
Sep 28, 2020
😢
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+1
Level 59
Sep 28, 2020
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MShep
+2
Level 42
Sep 28, 2020
Kind of surprised not to see any former Yugoslav countries on here from that balkans war.
JonOfKent
+1
Level 56
Dec 16, 2020
Me too. I suspect it's about the way the definition is of refugees who have not returned - I imagine a good many of them have.
Djilas
+1
Level 82
Jul 11, 2023
Also many or most got another citizenship by now.
Phil
+3
Level 57
Sep 28, 2020
Commie, socialist and Muslim countries, I notice.
maur85
+6
Level 72
Sep 29, 2020
True. Other than Burundi, El Salvador, Rwanda, Central African Republic, Colombia, South Sudan, Nigeria and Congo.
JonOfKent
+4
Level 56
Dec 16, 2020
Just off the top of my head the Central African Republic and Nigeria have problems with violence resulting in refugees which decidedly come under the "Muslim" category (Boko Haram and the Séléka).

Admittedly they are not "Muslim countries" though, although Nigeria is probably majority-Muslim, just.

DrunkytheSnowman
+3
Level 56
Oct 18, 2021
The Central African Republic does have a fair amount of Islamic extremism especially up north but most of the violence there isn't because of them. It's simply because it's a very unstable country with many competing groups trying to gain power and resources. The violence caused by Islamic groups there is just one of many reasons the Central African Republic would make this list.
mightythor
+8
Level 66
Sep 28, 2020
I suppose Iran is obvious. It's right in the name.
UltraEl1te
+1
Level 37
Sep 28, 2020
Only Countries with big population can be on this list, or the little countries with at least a Million?
Hasan77
+1
Level 18
Oct 2, 2020
Where is Afghanistan?
InterAlia
+12
Level 75
Oct 2, 2020
It's kind of wedged in between Iran and Pakistan - you've seen pictures.
PuertoRicoBall
+1
Level 47
Feb 9, 2022
I thought that Yemen would have made the list.
SitzPinkler
+1
Level 70
Feb 28, 2022
Ukraine would make the list now
EricF
+1
Level 76
Oct 7, 2022
I wonder where Ukraine would land on this quiz now.
Savio
+5
Level 67
Jan 5, 2023
This quiz needs to be updated. Things have changed since 2019
FlyingG
+2
Level 67
Jul 11, 2023
Absolutely love the update! Much better being able to see the most common place the refugees go.
CeartGoLeor
+1
Level 88
Jul 12, 2023
A lot of the Ukrainians in Russia, didn't exacly flee there. They were abducted, particularly Ukrainian children
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jul 12, 2023
The UN is certainly not counting those people as refugees.
driehoek25
+4
Level 66
Jul 15, 2023
Just because it does not the narrative given to you or believed by you does not mean that is what is true.
Taserz
+1
Level 53
Aug 30, 2023
shouldnt russia be on the list now?
JFM01
+1
Level 52
Sep 18, 2023
The number from Venezuela is shocking. And I still see people glorifying this regime.

Most Ukrainian refugees are in Russia?

vittoriao
+3
Level 65
Sep 18, 2023
Ukraine to Russia voluntarily? in 2023?
Fianchetto
+1
Level 73
Oct 25, 2023
As of 2022.
protector441
+1
Level 48
Dec 10, 2023
Why Palestine is not included? Or Israel if we do not recognize the country? They are hunderds of thousands of Palestinians in Jordan or Lebanon…
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