Where are Syria’s refugees going?
= 1,000 Syrians
After four years of conflict, about half of Syria's population of 22 million has been driven from their homes.
More than 4 million have fled the country.
More than 7.6 million have been displaced within Syria's borders.
Where are they heading?
The majority of those fleeing Syria are being sheltered in neighboring countries such as Turkey and Lebanon. From there, many are embarking on dangerous journeys across the Mediterranean to reach Europe. According to the International Organization for Migration, Greece and Italy are the landing points for 99% of them, but most don't stay.
Number of Syrian migrants who arrived in Italy and Greece in 2015:
Greece:
175,375
Italy:
6,710
(As of Aug. 31, 2015)
Germany
Hungary
Austria
France
Romania
Italy
Serbia
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Greece
Turkey
Syria
Lebanon
Tunisia
Mediterranean Sea
Iraq
Libya
Jordan
Egypt
Where are Syria's refugees and asylum seekers?
The number of Syrians arriving in Europe has exploded in the past year. By the end of July, there were more than 4 million Syrian refugees and asylum seekers in the Middle East, Europe and beyond.
Worldwide total
Registered refugees
Asylum applicants
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Here's how the number of refugees and asylum seekers has grown since the end of 2011:
December 2011 - worldwide total:
0 registered refugees
7494 asylum seekers
December 2012 - worldwide total:
497,965 registered refugees
39,387 asylum seekers
December 2013 - worldwide total:
2,284,529 registered refugees
103,205 asylum seekers
December 2014 - worldwide total:
3,693,946 registered refugees
249,100 asylum seekers
July 2015 - worldwide total:
4,015,257 registered refugees
376,355 asylum seekers
Which European countries have received the most asylum requests from Syrians?
Wealthier European countries such as Sweden, Germany and Austria, which have been some of the most welcoming, are the favored destination of most of the refugees. Germany has said it will accept as many as 800,000 refugees this year, many of whom are expected to be Syrians. Britain and France recently pledged to increase the number of refugees they will accept to a combined total of 44,000.
Cumulative asylum applications between April 2011 and August 2015:
Through Aug. 2015:
108,897
Germany
77,196
Serbia and Kosovo
64,685
Sweden
54,125
Hungary
20,946
Austria
15,254
Netherlands
15,197
Bulgaria
12,277
Denmark
8,683
Switzerland
7,196
united kingdom
6,895
France
6,334
Belgium
Note: A growing number of Syrians registered as refugees in the Middle East and North Africa are now seeking asylum elsewhere. So there is likely to be duplication in the refugee and asylum figures presented here.
Additional reporting by Times staff writers Alexandra Zavis and Patrick J. McDonnell
Sources: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, International Organization for Migration, State Department, World Bank