Media – Global Trends 2015

Global Trends 2015

All materials strictly embargoed until 05:00 GMT on 20 June 2016

Conflict and persecution caused global forced displacement to escalate sharply in 2015, reaching the highest level ever recorded.

UNHCR’s annual Global Trends Report said 65.3 million people were displaced as of the end of 2015, compared to 59.5 million just 12 months earlier. This is not only a 21st-century high, but also the first time the threshold of 60 million has been crossed.

Report

English (.pdf, 5.0 MB)
Spanish (.pdf, 8.4 MB)
Data table annexes (zipped .xls, 515 KB)

Press release

Press briefing

Footage from the June 15 embargoed press briefing with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi:

video (.mp4, 876 MB)
shotlist (.docx, 108 KB)

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East Africa: Terry Ongaro, +254 735 337 608
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