Refugee blues: a UK and European perspective

Figures & data

Fig. 1 Top 10 host countries, end 2014 (in thousands). Source: UNHCR, 2015b.

Fig. 2 Refugees per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: UNHCR, 2015b.

Fig. 3 Refugees per 1 US$ GDP (PPP) per capita. Source: UNHCR, 2015b.

Fig. 4 Asylum claims in the UK and Europe (in thousands). Sources: UK Office for National Statistics (www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/migration1/migration-statistics-quarterly-report/february-2015/stb-msqr-feb-2015.html and www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171778_335330.pdf) and Eurostat (www.ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Asylum_statistics).

Fig. 5 Applications for refugee status and asylum in the UK (1979–1989). Source: Home office, 1990.

Fig. 6 UK Asylum applications 1979–2009. Source: www.commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UK_asylum_applications_1979–2009.jpg

UNHCR. World at war: Global trends, forced displacement in 2014. 2015b. Retrieved August 2, 2015, from http://www.unhcr.org/556725e69.html.

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