Chapter 3 (thousands) Figure 12 | Gap between resettlement needs and UNHCR's annual submissions | 2011-2018 1,500 1,250 1,000 750 500 250 0 ‘11 ‘12 Resettlements needs ‘13 ‘14* ‘15 ‘16 ‘17 ‘18 UNHCR resettlement submissions * 2014 excludes resettlement needs of Syrian refugees due to the fluid and rapidly evolving situation at the time of estimating global needs. 30 During 2018, some 87,500 38 refugees returned to Somalia, the vast majority from Kenya (82,800) and with smaller numbers from Yemen (3,400) and Djibouti (800). Burundi reported the return of 45,500 refugees, 98 per cent of whom came back from Tanzania. There were 35,200 returnees to CAR, mostly from Cameroon (17,100), Chad (10,100), DRC (4,300) and Congo (3,500). Other countries with significant numbers of returnees were Colombia (23,900), Afghanistan (16,200), Mozambique (8,800), Mali (6,700), DRC (6,600) and Chad (6,400). Resettlement In terms of return movements by country of asylum, Turkey reported the largest number of departures, all to Syria (177,300). There were 83,600 refugees who repatriated from Uganda, nearly all of whom returned to South Sudan. Other countries reporting large numbers of departures were Tanzania (44,800, all to Burundi), Ethiopia (40,200 to South Sudan), Venezuela (23,900, all to Colombia), Cameroon (17,100, nearly all to CAR), Lebanon (14,500, all to Syria), Pakistan (14,000, nearly all to Afghanistan), Chad (11,800, with 10,000 to CAR and smaller numbers to Sudan), Iraq (10,800, all to Syria) and Sudan (10,100, mainly to Chad and South Sudan). UNHCR estimated that 1.4 million refugees were in need of resettlement [Figure 12]. 39 However, only 81,300 places for new submissions were provided by 29 resettlement states in 2018. Although this represented an 8 per cent increase compared with 2017 (75,200), the gap between needs and actual resettlement places exceeded 90 per cent and continued to grow. Resettlement remains a life-saving tool to ensure the protection of those refugees most at risk. As one of the key objectives of the Global Compact on Refugees, resettlement and complementary pathways are also mechanisms for governments and communities across the world to share responsibility for responding to increasing forced displacement crises and help reduce the impact of large refugee situations on host countries. 38 The number of refugee returns to Somalia in 2018 is provisional and will be updated as it currently includes returns from earlier years. 39 See: www.unhcr.org/protection/resettlement/5b28a7df4/ projected-global-resettlement-needs-2019.html unhcr > Global trends 2018