The Sahel is experiencing one of the largest humanitarian crises. Violence, climate change, and food insecurity have forced around three million people to flee. Indeed, this region has about 2.5 million internally displaced people, over 900 thousand refugees and asylum seekers, and almost 700 thousand returnees in need of assistance. In September 2021, Chad counted 528 thousand refugees and asylum seekers, the highest number among the five countries taken into analysis. Niger, by its turn, had some 253 thousand refugees and asylum seekers, the second highest amount in the region.
Number of refugees and asylum seekers in central Sahel as of 2021, by country
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UNHCR. (November 1, 2021). Number of refugees and asylum seekers in central Sahel as of 2021, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1237231/refugees-and-asylum-seekers-in-the-sahel/
UNHCR. "Number of refugees and asylum seekers in central Sahel as of 2021, by country." Chart. November 1, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1237231/refugees-and-asylum-seekers-in-the-sahel/
UNHCR. (2021). Number of refugees and asylum seekers in central Sahel as of 2021, by country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1237231/refugees-and-asylum-seekers-in-the-sahel/
UNHCR. "Number of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Central Sahel as of 2021, by Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1237231/refugees-and-asylum-seekers-in-the-sahel/
UNHCR, Number of refugees and asylum seekers in central Sahel as of 2021, by country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1237231/refugees-and-asylum-seekers-in-the-sahel/ (last visited December 26, 2024)
Number of refugees and asylum seekers in central Sahel as of 2021, by country [Graph], UNHCR, November 1, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1237231/refugees-and-asylum-seekers-in-the-sahel/