Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Survey Report When he takes office next week, President-elect Donald Trump will inherit an array of global threats in the view of the public. About eight-in-ten Americans (79%) say ISIS poses a major threat to the well-being of the United States, and 71% say the same about cyberattacks from other countries. Nearly two-thirds (64%) view […]
The data used in this report are based on four primary data sources from United Nations agencies: 1) estimates for the number of displaced persons (international migrants such as refugees and asylum seekers as well as internal migrants such as internally displaced persons) from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 2) estimates for […]
According to the United Nations Population Division, an international migrant is someone who has been living for one year or longer in a country other than the one in which he or she was born. This means that many foreign workers and international students are counted as migrants. Additionally, the UN considers refugees and, in some […]
Regional conflict and economic opportunity boost number of migrants from 25 million to 54 million.
Between 2005 and 2015, the number of displaced migrants[3. numoffset=”3″ Displaced migrants are persons who have been forcibly displaced from their homes due to conflict or natural disaster. Displaced migrants can include internal migrants (internally displaced persons) or international migrants (refugees and asylum seekers).] in the Middle East grew fourfold, from about 5 million to about […]