Some stats from International Teams Refugee Ministry:

• There are more than 30 million forefully displaced people world-wide - that's 1 in every 200 poeple on Earth (USCRI, UNHCR)
• In 2004, 52,868 of the world's refugees resettled in the US
• Afghanistan is the origin of the largest refugee population - 2.1 million. They seek asylum mainly in Pakistan, Iran, Germany, The Netherlands, and the UK (UNHCR)
• 37% of the world's refugees are living in the Middle East; 29% live in Africa; 24% in Asia/Pacific; 5% in Europe; and 5% in the Americas (USCRI)