Chapter 2 Bangladesh. Mohammad, 31, and his daughter Kismat, 3 are among almost 700,000 Rohingya refugees who fled Myanmar in 2017, seeking safety in neighbouring Bangladesh. Four generations of their family are living in the camps near Cox’s Bazaar. The living conditions in the camps are difficult, but the Rohingya feel safe. © U N H C R / R og e r A r n old Bangladesh continued to host a large refugee population at the end of 2018, almost entirely comprising refugees from Myanmar, many of whom arrived during 2017. The number stood at 906,600 at the end of the year, a decline from 932,200 the previous year, mostly due to statistical adjustments following family count exercises. Still, there were 16,300 new registrations during the year. New refugees The refugee population in Ethiopia – the ninth largest refugee host country – increased during 2018, reaching 903,200. Nearly half of the population came from South Sudan, bringing the total number of South Sudanese refugees in the country to 422,100. There were 257,200 refugees from Somalia, while significant numbers from Eritrea (174,000) and Sudan (44,000) remained in Ethiopia at the end of 2018. Syrians were the largest group of new refugees registered on a group or prima facie basis, accounting for more than half of new registrations with 526,500 new refugees. Most of these were in Turkey, where 397,600 were registered in 2018 (although many would have arrived earlier), followed by 81,700 in Sudan, 15,600 in Iraq, 13,300 in Jordan, 11,800 in Greece and 5,300 in Egypt. Jordan experienced a slight increase in its refugee population, providing protection to 715,300 people by the end of 2018, up from 691,000 in 2017 and making it the tenth largest refugee-hosting country in the world. The vast majority of these refugees were from Syria (676,300), while 34,600 were from Iraq. The conflict in South Sudan continued to displace many, with 179,200 new refugees registered in 2018. Still, this was a lower rate of displacement than was seen in the previous year when over 1 million new refugees were recorded. More than half of these new South Sudanese refugee movements (99,400) were to Sudan, but there were also large numbers of South Sudanese in Uganda (40,700), Ethiopia (25,400), Kenya (7,300) and DRC (5,900). Other countries hosting significant refugee populations of more than 200,000 people at the end of 2018 included DRC (529,100), Chad (451,200), Kenya (421,200), Cameroon (380,300), France (368,400), China (321,800), the United States of America (313,200), South Sudan (291,800), Iraq (283,000), Tanzania (278,300), Yemen (264,400), Sweden (248,200) and Egypt (246,700). 20 During 2018, 1.1 million people were reported as new refugees, down from the 2.7 million reported in 2017. This figure comprised 599,300 refugees who were recognized on a group or prima facie basis, as well as the 461,200 who were granted some form of temporary protection. Refugees from DRC constituted the third largest group of new refugees with 123,400 people forcibly displaced across its borders in 2018. Nearly all of these new refugees fled to Uganda (119,900), while unhcr > Global trends 2018