As per the United Nations (UN), 79.5 million people have been displaced by the end of 2019. The United States has a backlog of asylum claims of over 1.1 million and are expecting above 300,000 new claims.

As per the UNHCR’s recent Global Trends Report, published on June 18 this year, 82.4 million people have gotten displaced last year, despite the Covid-19 pandemic. Out of those, 42 per cent are girls and boys under 18 years of age.

2020 also saw over 160 countries closing their borders to prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. 99 of them did not allow entry to any refugees. The number of refugees resettled last year was 34,400 only.

In February, this year, UNHCR found around 878,000 Rohingya refugees living in camps with inadequate spaces, after the Myanmar coup displaced them. 5.7 million Palestinians got displaced as per the 2020 report, due to the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict.

Among nations providing asylum to refugees, Turkey holds the top position by hosting 3.7 million refugees.