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List of largest refugee crises

November 25, 2023

This is a list of largest refugee crises to occur.

List edit

The list below includes the number of refugees per event with at least 1 million individuals included. This list does not include internally displaced persons (IDP). For events for which estimates vary, the geometric mean of the lowest and highest estimates is calculated to rank the events. Rows highlighted in blue indicate a present event that is occurring.

Event Refugees estimate Origin From Until Duration Ref.
World War II 60.0 million Europe 1939 1945 6 years [1][2][3][4][5][6]
Partition of India 10.0–20.0 million Indian subcontinent 1947 1948 1 year [7][8]
World War I 7.0–15.0 million Europe 1914 1918 4 years [9][10][11]
Russian Invasion of Ukraine 9.1 million[note 1] Ukraine and Russia 2022 Present 1 year, 8 months [12][13][14]
Bangladesh Liberation War 9.0 million Indian subcontinent 1971 1971 8 months, 2 weeks and 6 days [15]
Crisis in Venezuela 7.7 million Venezuela 2014 Present 8 years [16]
Syrian Civil War 6.7 million Syria 2011 Present 11 years [17]
Soviet–Afghan War 6.2 million Afghanistan 1978 1989 11 years [18]
Israeli–Palestinian conflict 5.6 million[note 2] Palestine 1947 Present 75 years [19]
Vietnam War 3.0 million Mainland Southeast Asia 1975 2000 25 years [20]
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) 2.6–2.7 million Afghanistan 2001 2021 20 years [21][22]
Yugoslav Wars 2.4 million Yugoslavia 1991 2001 10 years [23]
Korean War 1.0–5.0 million Korea 1950 1953 3 years [24][25]
Iraq War 2.2 million Iraq 2003 2012 9 years [26]
Rwandan Genocide 2.1 million Rwanda 1994 1996 2 years [27]
Iraqi Uprisings 1.8 million Iraq 1991 1991 8 months [20]
Mozambican Civil War 1.7 million Mozambique 1977 1992 15 years [20]
South Sudanese Civil War 1.5 million South Sudan 2011 2020 9 years [28]
War in Sudan (2023) 1.3 million Sudan 2023 Present 6 months [29]
Rohingya genocide 1.3 million Myanmar 2016 Present 6 years [30]
Algerian War 1.0 million Algeria 1954 1962 6 years [20]
Great Famine (Ireland) 1.0 million Ireland 1845 1849 4 years [31]
First Libyan Civil War 1.0 million Libya 2011 2011 8 months [32]
Somali Civil War 1.0 million Somalia 1991 Present 31 years [33]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Includes 8.2 million Ukrainian refugees recorded in Europe (including countries partially in Europe); 0.2 million people fleeing Russia after the invasion but before the announcement of mobilization; 0.7 million people fleeing Russia after the beginning of Russian mobilization in September 2022. See also Russian emigration following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  2. ^ The original number of refugees in 1947-49 is around 700,000. Unlike other refugee groups, the descendants of Palestinian refugees are themselves considered refugees by the United Nations through UNRWA rather than UNHCR.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ The State of The World's Refugees 2000: Fifty Years of Humanitarian Action. Oxford University Press. 2000. p. 13. from the original on 2022-04-23. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
  2. ^ Reporting on Migrants and Refugees: Handbook for Journalism Educators. France: UNESCO. 2021. p. 21. ISBN 978-92-3-100456-8. from the original on 2022-06-07. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
  3. ^ Orchard, Phil (2014). A Right to Flee: Refugees, States, and the Construction of International Cooperation. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p. 3. ISBN 9781139923293.
  4. ^ Frank, Matthew; Reinisch, Jessica (2017). Refugees in Europe, 1919–1959: A Forty Years' Crisis?. Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 147, 153. ISBN 978-1-4742-9573-4. from the original on 2022-05-03. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
  5. ^ Rothman, Lily; Ronk, Liz (2015-09-11). "This Is What Europe's Last Major Refugee Crisis Looked Like". Time. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
  6. ^ Gatrell, Peter (2017). "The Question of Refugees: Past and Present". Origins. from the original on 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
  7. ^ "The State of The World's Refugees 2000" (PDF). UNHCR. 2000. (PDF) from the original on 2020-01-08. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  8. ^ Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar (2013). "India–Pakistan Partition 1947 and forced migration". The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration. doi:10.1002/9781444351071.wbeghm285. ISBN 9781444334890. from the original on 2021-01-22. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  9. ^ Gatrell, Peter; Zhvanko, Liubov (2017). Europe on the Move: Refugees in the Era of the Great War. United Kingdom: Manchester University Press. p. 3. ISBN 9781784994419.
  10. ^ Gatrell, Peter (2008). "Refugees and Forced Migrants during the First World War". Immigrants & Minorities. 26 (1–2): 82–110. doi:10.1080/02619280802442613. S2CID 143755412. from the original on 2022-06-23. Retrieved 2022-03-10 – via Taylor & Francis Online.
  11. ^ Chase, Gummer (2014). "World War I Centenary: Migration in Europe". The Wall Street Journal. from the original on 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  12. ^ "Individual refugees from Ukraine recorded across Europe". UNHCR. 2023-04-18. from the original on 2022-06-27. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  13. ^ "Forbes: about 700,000 people leave Russia since mobilisation started". Novaya Gazeta. 2022-10-04. from the original on 2022-10-08. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  14. ^ "Hundreds of thousands flee Russia and Putin's 'two wars'". Al Jazeera. 18 April 2022. from the original on 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  15. ^ Totten, Samuel; Bartrop, Paul Robert (2008). Dictionary of Genocide: A-L. ABC-CLIO. p. 34. ISBN 9780313346422. from the original on 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  16. ^ Andara Meza, Albany (7 September 2023). "Cifra de migrantes venezolanos aumentó a 7,71 millones, alerta R4V". Efecto Cocuyo (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  17. ^ . UNHCR. November 10, 2021. Archived from the original on January 19, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  18. ^ Rupert Colville (1997). "Refugees Magazine Issue 108 (Afghanistan : the unending crisis) - The biggest caseload in the world". UNHCR. from the original on 2022-05-18. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  19. ^ "UN agency for Palestinian refugees launches $95 million appeal to keep COVID at bay". UN News. September 4, 2020. from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
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  21. ^ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Afghanistan". UNHCR. from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  22. ^ "In numbers: Life in Afghanistan after America leaves". BBC News. 13 July 2021. from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  23. ^ Watkins, Clem S. (2003). The Balkans. New York City: Nova Publishers. p. 10. ISBN 9781590335253.
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  25. ^ (PDF). Central Intelligence Agency. 13 September 1954. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 20, 2017.
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  27. ^ Prunier 2009, pp. 24–25
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  29. ^ "DTM Sudan - Monthly Displacement Overview (October 2023)". reliefweb.int. 2023-11-03. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  30. ^ "WHO appeals for international community support; warns of grave health risks to Rohingya refugees in rainy season - Bangladesh". ReliefWeb. from the original on 2023-03-07. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  31. ^ "Irelands' Population in the mid 1800s". from the original on 2022-06-21. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  32. ^ "2013 UNHCR country operations profile - Libya". UNCHR. 2013. from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  33. ^ . UNHCR. Archived from the original on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2016.

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This is a list of largest refugee crises to occur Contents 1 List 2 Notes 3 See also 4 ReferencesList editThe list below includes the number of refugees per event with at least 1 million individuals included This list does not include internally displaced persons IDP For events for which estimates vary the geometric mean of the lowest and highest estimates is calculated to rank the events Rows highlighted in blue indicate a present event that is occurring Event Refugees estimate Origin From Until Duration Ref World War II 60 0 million Europe 1939 1945 6 years 1 2 3 4 5 6 Partition of India 10 0 20 0 million Indian subcontinent 1947 1948 1 year 7 8 World War I 7 0 15 0 million Europe 1914 1918 4 years 9 10 11 Russian Invasion of Ukraine 9 1 million note 1 Ukraine and Russia 2022 Present 1 year 8 months 12 13 14 Bangladesh Liberation War 9 0 million Indian subcontinent 1971 1971 8 months 2 weeks and 6 days 15 Crisis in Venezuela 7 7 million Venezuela 2014 Present 8 years 16 Syrian Civil War 6 7 million Syria 2011 Present 11 years 17 Soviet Afghan War 6 2 million Afghanistan 1978 1989 11 years 18 Israeli Palestinian conflict 5 6 million note 2 Palestine 1947 Present 75 years 19 Vietnam War 3 0 million Mainland Southeast Asia 1975 2000 25 years 20 War in Afghanistan 2001 2021 2 6 2 7 million Afghanistan 2001 2021 20 years 21 22 Yugoslav Wars 2 4 million Yugoslavia 1991 2001 10 years 23 Korean War 1 0 5 0 million Korea 1950 1953 3 years 24 25 Iraq War 2 2 million Iraq 2003 2012 9 years 26 Rwandan Genocide 2 1 million Rwanda 1994 1996 2 years 27 Iraqi Uprisings 1 8 million Iraq 1991 1991 8 months 20 Mozambican Civil War 1 7 million Mozambique 1977 1992 15 years 20 South Sudanese Civil War 1 5 million South Sudan 2011 2020 9 years 28 War in Sudan 2023 1 3 million Sudan 2023 Present 6 months 29 Rohingya genocide 1 3 million Myanmar 2016 Present 6 years 30 Algerian War 1 0 million Algeria 1954 1962 6 years 20 Great Famine Ireland 1 0 million Ireland 1845 1849 4 years 31 First Libyan Civil War 1 0 million Libya 2011 2011 8 months 32 Somali Civil War 1 0 million Somalia 1991 Present 31 years 33 Notes edit Includes 8 2 million Ukrainian refugees recorded in Europe including countries partially in Europe 0 2 million people fleeing Russia after the invasion but before the announcement of mobilization 0 7 million people fleeing Russia after the beginning of Russian mobilization in September 2022 See also Russian emigration following the Russian invasion of Ukraine The original number of refugees in 1947 49 is around 700 000 Unlike other refugee groups the descendants of Palestinian refugees are themselves considered refugees by the United Nations through UNRWA rather than UNHCR See also editList of countries by refugee populationReferences edit The State of The World s Refugees 2000 Fifty Years of Humanitarian Action Oxford University Press 2000 p 13 Archived from the original on 2022 04 23 Retrieved 2022 03 09 Reporting on Migrants and Refugees Handbook for Journalism Educators France UNESCO 2021 p 21 ISBN 978 92 3 100456 8 Archived from the original on 2022 06 07 Retrieved 2022 03 09 Orchard Phil 2014 A Right to Flee Refugees States and the Construction of International Cooperation United Kingdom Cambridge University Press p 3 ISBN 9781139923293 Frank Matthew Reinisch Jessica 2017 Refugees in Europe 1919 1959 A Forty Years Crisis Bloomsbury Academic pp 147 153 ISBN 978 1 4742 9573 4 Archived from the original on 2022 05 03 Retrieved 2022 03 09 Rothman Lily Ronk Liz 2015 09 11 This Is What Europe s Last Major Refugee Crisis Looked Like Time Retrieved 2022 03 09 Gatrell Peter 2017 The Question of Refugees Past and Present Origins Archived from the original on 2023 01 11 Retrieved 2022 03 09 The State of The World s Refugees 2000 PDF UNHCR 2000 Archived PDF from the original on 2020 01 08 Retrieved 2018 11 21 Vazira Fazila Yacoobali Zamindar 2013 India Pakistan Partition 1947 and forced migration The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration doi 10 1002 9781444351071 wbeghm285 ISBN 9781444334890 Archived from the original on 2021 01 22 Retrieved 2022 03 05 Gatrell Peter Zhvanko Liubov 2017 Europe on the Move Refugees in the Era of the Great War United Kingdom Manchester University Press p 3 ISBN 9781784994419 Gatrell Peter 2008 Refugees and Forced Migrants during the First World War Immigrants amp Minorities 26 1 2 82 110 doi 10 1080 02619280802442613 S2CID 143755412 Archived from the original on 2022 06 23 Retrieved 2022 03 10 via Taylor amp Francis Online Chase Gummer 2014 World War I Centenary Migration in Europe The Wall Street Journal Archived from the original on 2021 12 27 Retrieved 2022 03 10 Individual refugees from Ukraine recorded across Europe UNHCR 2023 04 18 Archived from the original on 2022 06 27 Retrieved 2023 04 21 Forbes about 700 000 people leave Russia since mobilisation started Novaya Gazeta 2022 10 04 Archived from the original on 2022 10 08 Retrieved 2022 10 08 Hundreds of thousands flee Russia and Putin s two wars Al Jazeera 18 April 2022 Archived from the original on 2022 10 04 Retrieved 2022 10 08 Totten Samuel Bartrop Paul Robert 2008 Dictionary of Genocide A L ABC CLIO p 34 ISBN 9780313346422 Archived from the original on 2023 01 11 Retrieved 2020 11 15 Andara Meza Albany 7 September 2023 Cifra de migrantes venezolanos aumento a 7 71 millones alerta R4V Efecto Cocuyo in Spanish Retrieved 7 September 2023 Refugee Data Finder UNHCR November 10 2021 Archived from the original on January 19 2022 Retrieved March 13 2022 Rupert Colville 1997 Refugees Magazine Issue 108 Afghanistan the unending crisis The biggest caseload in the world UNHCR Archived from the original on 2022 05 18 Retrieved 2022 03 05 UN agency for Palestinian refugees launches 95 million appeal to keep COVID at bay UN News September 4 2020 Archived from the original on September 25 2020 Retrieved March 6 2022 a b c d State of the World s Refugees 2000 Archived 2022 04 09 at the Wayback Machine United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Refugees United Nations High Commissioner for Afghanistan UNHCR Archived from the original on 30 July 2019 Retrieved 21 April 2023 In numbers Life in Afghanistan after America leaves BBC News 13 July 2021 Archived from the original on 23 August 2021 Retrieved 21 April 2023 Watkins Clem S 2003 The Balkans New York City Nova Publishers p 10 ISBN 9781590335253 The biggest refugee movements in history MSN Archived from the original on November 21 2018 Retrieved 2018 11 21 Population and Manpower of Korea 1954 PDF Central Intelligence Agency 13 September 1954 Archived from the original PDF on January 20 2017 UN agencies launch 85 million appeal to aid 2 2 million Iraqi refugees UN News September 18 2007 Archived from the original on June 21 2022 Retrieved March 6 2022 Prunier 2009 pp 24 25 Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary General United Nations 2017 02 10 Archived from the original on 2022 06 20 Retrieved 2018 11 21 DTM Sudan Monthly Displacement Overview October 2023 reliefweb int 2023 11 03 Retrieved 2023 11 07 WHO appeals for international community support warns of grave health risks to Rohingya refugees in rainy season Bangladesh ReliefWeb Archived from the original on 2023 03 07 Retrieved 2018 11 21 Irelands Population in the mid 1800s Archived from the original on 2022 06 21 Retrieved 2019 06 13 2013 UNHCR country operations profile Libya UNCHR 2013 Archived from the original on 21 March 2021 Retrieved 12 November 2013 Registered Somali Refugee Population UNHCR Archived from the original on 28 June 2017 Retrieved 3 July 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of largest refugee crises amp oldid 1184702249, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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