List of largest refugee crises

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This is a list of largest refugee crises.

Largest refugee crises[]

Further information: Refugee crisis

The list below includes the number of refugees per event with at least one million individuals included. This list does not include internally displaced people (IDP).

Event Refugees estimate Location From Until Duration Ref.
Partition of India 10.0–20.0 million Indian subcontinent 1947 1948 1 year [1][2]
World War II (Europe) 11.0–20.0 million Europe 1939 1959 20 years [3]
Bangladesh Liberation War 10.0 million Indian subcontinent 1971 1971 8 years [4]
Syrian Civil War 6.8 million Syria 2011 present 11 years [5]
Soviet–Afghan War 6.2 million Afghanistan 1978 1989 11 years [6]
Venezuelan refugee crisis 6.0 million Venezuela 2014 present 8 years [7][8]
Palestinian refugees 5.6 million Palestine 1947 present 75 years [9]
Indochina refugee crisis 3.0 million Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam 1975 2000 25 years [10]
Korean War 1.0–5.0 million Korea 1950 1953 3 years [11][12]
Yugoslav Wars 2.4 million Yugoslavia and successor states 1991 2001 10 years [13]
Iraq War 2.2 million Iraq 2003 2012 9 years [14]
Great Lakes refugee crisis 2.1 million Rwanda 1994 1996 2 years [15]
1991 Iraqi uprisings 1.8 million Iraq 1991 1991 8 months [10]
Mozambican Civil War 1.7 million Mozambique 1977 1992 15 years [10]
South Sudanese Civil War 1.5 million South Sudan 2011 2020 9 years [16]
Ukrainian refugee crisis 1.5 million Ukraine 2022 present 2 weeks [17][18]
Rohingya genocide 1.3 million Myanmar 2016 present 6 years [19]
Algerian War 1.0 million Algeria 1954 1962 6 years [10]
Great Famine (Ireland) 1.0 million Ireland 1845 1849 4 years [20]
First Libyan Civil War 1.0 million Libya 2011 2011 8 months [21]
Somali Civil War 1.0 million Somalia 1991 present 31 years [22]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "The State of The World's Refugees 2000" (PDF). UNHCR. 2000.
  2. ^ Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar (2013). "India–Pakistan Partition 1947 and forced migration". doi:10.1002/9781444351071.wbeghm285. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ ISBN O-8014-8542-8 "Dps: Europe's Displaced Persons, 1945-1951" by Mark Wyman ; reprinted 1998 Cornell University Press
  4. ^ Totten, Samuel; Bartrop, Paul Robert (2008). Dictionary of Genocide: A-L. ABC-CLIO. p. 34. ISBN 9780313346422.
  5. ^ "Situation Syria Regional Refugee Response". UNHCR. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  6. ^ Rupert Colville (1997). "Refugees Magazine Issue 108 (Afghanistan : the unending crisis) - The biggest caseload in the world". UNHCR.
  7. ^ "$1.79 billion needed to help Venezuelan refugees and migrants". UN News. December 9, 2021.
  8. ^ Wyss, Jim (13 August 2019). "A nation is vanishing: Has Venezuela lost almost 20 percent of its population?". The Miami Herald. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  9. ^ "UN agency for Palestinian refugees launches $95 million appeal to keep COVID at bay". UN News. September 4, 2020.
  10. ^ a b c d State of the World's Refugees, 2000 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
  11. ^ "The biggest refugee movements in history". MSN. Archived from the original on March 6, 2022. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  12. ^ "Population and Manpower of Korea 1954" (PDF). Central Intelligence Agency. 13 September 1954.
  13. ^ Watkins, Clem S. (2003). The Balkans. New York City: Nova Publishers. p. 10. ISBN 9781590335253.
  14. ^ "UN agencies launch $85-million appeal to aid 2.2 million Iraqi refugees". UN News. September 18, 2007.
  15. ^ Prunier 2009, pp. 24–25
  16. ^ "Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General". United Nations. 2017-02-10.
  17. ^ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/top-wrap-1-ukrainian-refugees-near-15-million-russian-assault-enters-11th-day-2022-03-06/
  18. ^ "As 1.3 million people flee, Ukraine's refugee crisis is only just beginning". Guardian. March 5, 2022.
  19. ^ "WHO appeals for international community support; warns of grave health risks to Rohingya refugees in rainy season - Bangladesh". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  20. ^ Irelands' Population in the mid 1800s
  21. ^ "2013 UNHCR country operations profile - Libya". UNCHR. 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  22. ^ "Registered Somali Refugee Population". UNHCR. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
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