Europe is struggling with more refugees than any period since the Second World War.
There are currently an estimated 19.5 million refugees in the world, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The organisation claims that as many as 42,000 people every day leave their homes thanks to war, persecution and terror.
Fifteen years ago there were just over 12 million refugees.
In July, more than 100,000 people crossed into Europe, as today’s refugee crisis escalates. One in 122 people are now either a refugee, internally displaced or seeking asylum.
Fifteen years ago, refugee demographics looked very different. Millions fled Afghanistan, disrupted by decades of war and years of oppression under Taliban rule.
The crisis in Syria has led to one of the largest population movements ever. Almost four million people (as of 2014 data) had left the country as president Bashar Assad continued to wage murderous war on his own people. The impact of Isis, also known as the Islamic State, has also affected the number fleeing.
