Global Trends 2017 - Media
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Global Trends in Forced Displacement
Wars, other violence and persecution drove worldwide forced displacement to a new high in 2017 for the fifth year in a row.
UNHCR’s annual Global Trends Report – released on 19 June 2018 – shows that 68.5 million people were displaced at the end of 2017. Over 16 million people were newly displaced during the course of the year.
Overwhelmingly it is developing countries that are most affected.
Press briefing
Footage from the June 13 embargoed press briefing with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi:
- video (.mp4, 1.33 GB)
For questions about this or other video footage, please contact:
- hqstudio@unhcr.org
- +41 22 739 8150
Global Trends videos
Global Trends 2017:
- English (.mp4, 731.9 MB)
- international (.mp4, 731.7 MB)
- ASI (.mp4, 731.7 MB)
- YouTube
- script (.docx)
B-roll:
- nat sound (.mp4, 1 GB, with shotlist)
Social media videos:
- Which country hosts the most refugees? (ENG, .mp4, 108.7 MB)
- Which country hosts the most refugees? (FR, .mp4, 63 MB)
- Which country hosts the most refugees? (ASI, .mp4, 109.6 MB
- Which country hosts the most refugees? (INT, .mp4, 109.6 MB
- Where do most refugees come from? (ENG, .mp4, 131.4 MB)
- Where do most refugees come from? (FR, .mp4, 64.4 MB)
- Where do most refugees come from? (ASI, .mp4, 131.5 MB)
- Where do most refugees come from? (INT, .mp4, 131.6 MB)
- Over half of the world's refugees are children (ENG, .mp4, 127.3 MB)
- Over half of the world's refugees are children (FR, .mp4, 69.2 MB)
- Over half of the world's refugees are children (ASI, .mp4, 126.6 MB)
- Over half of the world's refugees are children (INT, .mp4, 126.6 MB)
Infographics
- 1 in every 110 people on earth – version française – version en español
- Every 2 seconds – version française – version en español
Spokesperson for the High Commissioner
Melissa Fleming will be travelling with the High Commissioner and fielding requests for interviews with him.
mobile: +41 79 557 9122
e-mail: fleming@unhcr.org
Media contacts – Geneva
- Adrian Edwards, +41 79 557 9120
- Babar Baloch, +41 79 513 9549
- Andrej Mahecic, +41 79 642 9709
- Cécile Pouilly, +41 79 108 2625
- William Spindler, +41 79 217 3011
- Aikaterini Kitidi, +41 79 580 8334
- Charlie Yaxley, +41 79 58 08 702
Media contacts – Australia, Asia, Pacific, Middle East
- Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific: Catherine Stubberfield, +61 424 545 569
- Asia: Keane Shum, +66 922 75 25 85
- Japan: Yuki Moriya, +81 909388 3249
- Republic of Korea: Heinn Shin, +82 10 2033 0565
- Pakistan: Dan McNorton, +92 (0) 300 054 0320
- Afghanistan: Mohammad Nader Farhad, +93 791 99 00 18
- Gulf: Mohammed Abu Asaker, +971 506 213 552
- Middle East and North Africa : Rula Amin, +962 (0)790 04 58 49
- Syria: Mysa Mohammad Ali Khalaf, +963 9933 57 860
- Iraq: Kate Pond, +964 780 920 7286
- Jordan: Mohammad Hawar, +962 79 89 56 781
- Lebanon: Lisa Abou Khaled, +961 71 880 070
- Egypt: Ragnhild Ek, +20 120 042 1996
- Libya: Paula Barrachina Esteban, + 216 20 697 641
Media contacts – Africa and Europe
- East Africa, Horn of Africa and South Sudan Situation: Dana Hughes, +254 733 440 536
- West Africa: Romain Desclous, +221 77 786 396 385
- Southern Africa: Markku Aikomus, +27 81 797 7456
- Democratic Republic of the Congo: Andreas Kirchhof, +243 817 009 484
- London: Matthew Saltmarsh, +44 7880 230 985
- Paris: Céline Schmitt, +33 6 23 16 11 78
- Berlin: Chris Melzer, +49 151 706 660 13
- Madrid: Maria Jesus Vega, +34 670 661 263
- Rome: Carlotta Sami, +39 335 679 47 46
- Baltic and Nordic countries: Zoran Stevanovic, +46 708 99 01 60
- South-eastern Europe: Neven Crvenkovic, +387 61 611 082
- Athens: Leo Dobbs, +30 694 866 8989
- Brussels: Vanessa Saenen, +32 (0)476 420 134
- Switzerland: Julia Dao, +41 79 204 34 09
- Turkey: Selin Unal, +90 530 2827862
Media contacts – Americas
- New York (global desk): Kathryn Mahoney, +1 347 443 7646, Dana Sleiman, +1 347 541 1790
- Washington, DC: Chris Boian, +1 202 489 6884
- Latin America: Francesca Fontanini, +52 1 (55) 9197 2690
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