Less than a month after Donald Trump took office, the public’s initial impressions of the new president are strongly felt, deeply polarized and far more negative than positive. The latest national survey by Pew Research Center, conducted Feb. 7-12 among 1,503 adults, finds that Trump’s overall job approval is much lower than those of prior […]
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 […]
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 […]
Regional conflict and economic opportunity boost number of migrants from 25 million to 54 million.
Voters remain wary of U.S. global involvement. A majority (54%) says that the U.S. should deal with its own problems and let other countries deal with their problems as best as they can; 41% say the U.S. should help other countries deal with their problems. This is largely unchanged since April, when 57% said the […]
A new Pew Research Center global demographic study shows differences in educational attainment among the world’s major religious groups.
Connor, Phillip. 2016. “Number of refugees to Europe surges to record 1.3 million in 2015.” Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center, August. https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2016/08/02/number-of-refugees-to-europe-surges-to-record-1-3-million-in-2015/ Connor, Phillip. 2016. “Nearly 1 in 100 worldwide are now displaced from their homes.” Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center, August. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/08/03/nearly-1-in-100-worldwide-are-now-displaced-from-their-homes/ Connor, Phillip. 2016. “Migrant remittances worldwide drop in 2015 for the first […]