The six richest countries in the world host just below 9% of the world’s refugees.
The US, Germany, France, UK, Japan and China accommodate just 2.1 million refugees, according to an Oxfam report.
Germany has about one-third of the total (736,740) while the rest are split among the other five powers. The UK’s 168,937 refugees account “for less than 1% of refugees”.
Taken together, the six account for nearly 60% of the global economy.
More than half of the world’s 12 million refugees are in Jordan, Turkey, Palestine, Pakistan, Lebanon and South Africa.
Jordan and Turkey host the most refugees in the world – 2.8 million and 2.75 million respectively.
These countries make up less than 2% of the world economy.
“This is one of the greatest challenges of our time yet poorer countries, and poorer people, are left to shoulder the responsibility,” said Mark Goldring, chief executive of Oxfam GB.
He said the richest countries should do “their fare share” while recognising that the complex crisis requires “a coordinated, global response”.
More than 65 million people were reported by the UN to have left their homes in 2015 because of violence, war and human rights violations.
This is the largest number in recorded history.
The majority are displaced within their own countries. This still leaves 24 million humans desperately seeking help in foreign lands.
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