What percentage of Syrian refugees are in Turkey?
The country’s 80 million people were hosting 3.4 million registered Syrian refugees (around 46 per cent of them female) as of December 2017, plus from 300,000 – 400,000 unregistered Syrians. An estimated 11 per cent of Syrian refugees in Turkey are unregistered.
Which country has the highest number of Syrian refugees?
Turkey
Turkey hosts the largest number of refugees, with 3.7 million people. Colombia is second with more than 1.7 million, including Venezuelans displaced abroad (as of mid-2021)….Welcome to UNHCR’s Refugee Population Statistics Database.
| Syrian Arab Republic | 6.8 million |
|---|---|
| South Sudan | 2.2 million |
| Myanmar | 1.1 million |
How many Syrian refugee children are there?
The Syrian refugee crisis remains the largest displacement crisis in the world, with 5.6 million registered refugees, including over 2.5 million children, living in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey.
How many Syrian refugees are there in Turkey?
The vast majority of Syrian refugees are being hosted in neighbouring countries. As well as the 2.5 million in Turkey, there are about one million in Lebanon-whose own population is only just over four million. Jordan has 628,000 and Egypt 117,000.
Why are refugees leaving Syria?
Although there is significant data concerning the influx of refugees, little is known about how many refugees are leaving Europe. This is largely because the majority of those leaving are illegally smuggled out through Greece and most are not returning to Syria – but to neighboring countries such as Turkey.
Which states are refusing Syrian refugees?
Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, Michigan, Illinois and New Hampshire are also refusing Syrian immigrants. New Hampshire is the first state with a Democratic governor to call for Syrian refugees to stay out of the state.
How many refugees have fled Syria?
Three million refugees have fled Syria, says UN. In addition to the refugees, the violence has also displaced 6.5 million people within the country, meaning that nearly 50\% of all Syrians have been forced to flee their homes, the UNHCR said. Over half of all those who have been uprooted are children, it said.