Chapter 1 Proportion displaced (per 1,000 population) Figure 2 | Proportion displaced out of the world population | 2009-2018 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 Large numbers of people were on the move in 2018. During the year, 13.6 million people were newly displaced, including 2.8 million who sought protection abroad (as new asylum-seekers or newly registered refugees) 8 and 10.8 million who were forced to flee but remained in their own countries. 9 These 13.6 million new displacements equated to an average rate of 37,000 people being newly displaced every day of 2018 [Figure 3]. Still, many others returned to their countries or areas of origin to try to rebuild their lives, including 2.3 million internally displaced people and nearly 600,000 refugees. At 1,560,800, Ethiopians made up the largest newly displaced population during the year, 98 per cent of them within their country. This increase more than doubled the existing internally displaced population in the country. Syrians were the next largest newly displaced population, with 889,400 people during 2018. Of these, 632,700 were newly displaced (or newly registered) outside the country,10 while the remainder were internally displaced. Nigeria also had a high number of newly displaced people with 661,800, of which an estimated 581,800 were displaced within the country’s borders. ‘14 ‘15 ‘16 ‘17 ‘18 to home. Over half a million new refugee registrations and asylum applications originated from the Syrian Arab Republic (Syria) in 2018, the majority in Turkey [Figure 4], representing both newly arriving individuals and those already in the country for a period of time prior to the time of registration. Venezuelans accounted for the second largest flow of new international displacements in 2018, with 341,800 new asylum applications (see page 24 for more details on the Venezuela situation). South Sudanese accounted for the next largest refugee and asylum-seeker flow, mainly to Sudan and Uganda, followed by such flows from DRC, also mainly to Uganda. At the end of 2018, Syrians continued to be the largest forcibly displaced population, with 13.0 million people living in displacement, including 6,654,000 refugees, 6,184,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) and 140,000 asylumseekers. Colombians were the second largest group, with 8.0 million forcibly displaced, most of them (98 per cent) inside their country at the end of 2018.11 A total of 5.4 million Congolese from DRC 8 Consisting of 1.7 million new individual claims for asylum and 1.1 million new refugees recognized on a prima facie or group basis. Some of these people may have arrived prior to 2018. 9 Based on a global estimate from IDMC. Country estimates refer to those reported by UNHCR offices. 10 Many newly registered Syrian refugees in Turkey arrived prior to 2018. Among those newly displaced across borders (or newly registered), the vast majority remained close 6 11 The large number of registered IDPs in Colombia comes from the total cumulative figure recorded in the Government’s Victims Registry, which commenced in 1985. unhcr > Global trends 2018