The Asia Pacific region hosts an estimated 65 mil-
lion international migrants and displaced people,
including 13.7 million people internally displaced
as a result of disasters, 58 per cent of the world’s
total (IDMC 2022). Two crises dominated the Asia
Pacific region in 2021 and 2022. Conflict and
political unrest in Afghanistan and Myanmar dis-
placed more than a million people within these
countries last year, while at least 158,000 people
fled Afghanistan, and some 31,000 people fled
Myanmar during the year.
In Europe, more than eight million Ukrainians
have sought refuge in neighbouring countries
and more than five million were displaced inter-
nally as a result of the crisis. This is the largest
displacement crisis on the continent since the
Second World War (UNHCR 2023 | IOM 2023).
Migration to the continent increased generally
in 2022 with close to 300,000 new arrivals to
Western Europe. In 2022, there was also an
increase in the number of arrivals by sea, with
some 116,000 migrants making the often-deadly
maritime crossing, predominately via the Central
Mediterranean route. Protracted situations
remain in Greece and Türkiye.
The Middle East North Africa region is one of
the largest migration transit areas in the world,
as well as being host to 40 million migrants
and more than 11 million internally displaced
persons. The humanitarian needs differ sub-
stantially between the MENA countries in scale
and severity.
Armed conflict in some countries in the region
has further undermined the rule of law and
weakened public authority, which has allowed for
increased human rights violations and abuses
against displaced persons and migrants, includ-
ing by armed groups.
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