UNHCR Global Trends 2019 - media page
Global Trends in Forced Displacement
UNHCR’s latest Global Trends report shows that 79.5 million people were forcibly displaced at the end of 2019. That's fully 1 per cent of humanity, or 1 in every 97 people on earth.
Some 11 million people were newly displaced in the course of last year – fleeing wars, violence or persecution. Overwhelmingly it is low- and middle-income countries that are most affected.
Global Trends
UNHCR's annual Global Trends report presents data and analysis on the plight of all forcibly displaced people throughout the world.
- English: web
- English: PDF
- Spanish: PDF
- Data annexes
- Data annex (statelessness)
- Refugee statistics
Multimedia
- Download infographics
- Download photos with captions
- Download global B-roll
- Download news package from 16 June press briefing (.mp4, 722 MB)
- Download full statement by High Commissioner at 16 June press briefing (.mp4, 2.26 GB)
- Download news package with script/shotlist: INT – ENG
- Stream or embed news story via YouTube in English or French
Social Media Videos
- More children are displaced. English – French
- Where do most refugees come from? English – French
- Can we predict how many people will be forced to flee? English – French
- Which crises forced people to flee in the last decade? English – French
- Internal displacement rose to record levels this past decade. English – French
- Which refugees returned home in the last decade? English – French
- Which countries reduced statelessness in the last decade? English – French
Media contacts – Geneva
- Adrian Edwards, [email protected], +41 79 557 9120
- Andrej Mahecic, [email protected], +41 79 642 9709
- Babar Baloch, [email protected], +41 79 513 9549
- Shabia Mantoo, [email protected], +41 79 337 7650
- Charlie Yaxley, [email protected], +41 79 580 8702
- Marjanna Bergman, [email protected], +41 79 255 9271
Media contacts – New York
- Joung-ah Ghedini-Williams, [email protected], +1 917 940 1212
- Kathryn Mahoney, [email protected], +1 347 443 7646
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Download High Commissioner's statement
- Edited video package: ENG – YouTube
- Full video file: INT – ENG
- Text of statement