How many refugees in the world? In a world where nearly 20 people are forcibly displaced every minute.One in every 113 people on the planet is now a refugee.An unprecedented 78.6 million people around the world have been forced from home. Among them are almost 32.5 million refugees, over half of whom are under the age of 18 years old.
How many refugees are there in the UK?
There are 0.26% of the UK population are refugees, asylum seekers or stateless people and students – that is 169,978 people, around the population of Rochdale in Manchester. In 2016 there were 39,000 applications for asylum in the UK, among the estimated 600,000 immigrants who came to work or study. 21,000 of the 39,000 applicants for asylum were turned down by the Home Office.