Refugee statistics

• Number of asylum seekers who entered Canada illegally in 2017: 18,116
• Number of people who entered Canada and made refugee claims in total in 2017: 50,469
• Number of people who entered Canada and made refugee claims in total in 2001: 44,640
• UNHCR estimates of forcibly displaced people: 68.5 million worldwide
• UNHCR estimates of refugees forced to flee conflict or persecution in their home countries: 25.4 million
• Number of refugees Turkey is coping with: 3,500,000
• Number of refugees Pakistan, Uganda, Lebanon and Iran are coping with: 1,400,000; 1,400,000; 1,000,000; and 980,000 respectively.
• Number of refugees that entered Europe (Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Spain) by sea in 2016: 363,504
• Number of refugees Germany is coping with: 186,644 in 2017