- The global refugee population was 41.6 million at the end of 2025.
- 70% of refugees are from just 5 countries – Afghanistan, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine and Venezuela.
- 65% of the world’s refugees live in countries neighbouring their country of origin.
- Children account for 39% of refugees.
- One in every 70 people, or 1.4 per cent of the entire world’s population, is now forcibly displaced.
(All figures from United Nations Refugee Agency)
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Focus on Refugees (Churches Together in Britain and Ireland)
Lincolnshire Refugee Doctor Project
Louth Churches for Refugees 