Since March 2011, the Syrian war alone has accounted for almost 12 million displaced people, one-fifth of the world’s total displaced and over half of the country’s population.Īfter a period during which wars declined in number, in the past half decade there has been a rise in armed conflicts, and clashes have become more deadly. The Middle East, with its political upheaval and conflict in recent years, has seen the fastest increase in forced displacement. Forty million people-two-thirds of the world’s forcibly displaced-are displaced within their own countries by conflict and violence. Wars in Afghanistan, Somalia, and Syria alone are responsible for more than half of the world’s refugee population. Understanding this reality is essential if Europe is to mount an effective response.ĭeadly conflict, above all, is driving the massive exodus of refugees.
This is a crisis largely born out of war, and one that will be with us for decades to come. The West’s current focus on the refugee crisis in Europe obscures the larger truths of a global crisis of displacement that endangers the international order.
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