This statistic describes the number of refugees and asylum seekers in the Middle East and North Africa from 2005 to 2015. During 2015, the number of refugees in the MENA region was totaled almost 9.6 million people.
Number of refugees and asylum seekers in the Middle East and North Africa from 2005 to 2015
(in 1,000s)
Note: A displaced migrant in this data set is defined as a displaced person within his own country, a refugee or an asylum seeker who has left its own country. The report includes Palestinians who registered with UNRWA in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria as refugee.
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Pew Research Center. (October 18, 2016). Number of refugees and asylum seekers in the Middle East and North Africa from 2005 to 2015 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 13, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/742403/mena-number-of-refugees/
Pew Research Center. "Number of refugees and asylum seekers in the Middle East and North Africa from 2005 to 2015 (in 1,000s)." Chart. October 18, 2016. Statista. Accessed November 13, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/742403/mena-number-of-refugees/
Pew Research Center. (2016). Number of refugees and asylum seekers in the Middle East and North Africa from 2005 to 2015 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 13, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/742403/mena-number-of-refugees/
Pew Research Center. "Number of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in The Middle East and North Africa from 2005 to 2015 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Oct 2016, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/742403/mena-number-of-refugees/
Pew Research Center, Number of refugees and asylum seekers in the Middle East and North Africa from 2005 to 2015 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/742403/mena-number-of-refugees/ (last visited November 13, 2024)
Number of refugees and asylum seekers in the Middle East and North Africa from 2005 to 2015 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Pew Research Center, October 18, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/742403/mena-number-of-refugees/
