2015-2016 Annual Report

2015 saw more than 60 million people displaced worldwide: a number so large in size, it is hard to comprehend.

The sheer number of men, women and children who are displaced, destitute and detained is staggering and devastating.

Media attention has focused on those making the perilous journey to northern countries, while stories go largely untold of the vast majority never able to flee or those trapped in transit with few or no protections.

Worldwide we continued to see a shrinking protection space and an expansion of human rights violations with harsh policies of deterrence and detention, including against some especially vulnerable populations, such as unaccompanied children.