The Syrian crisis alone has displaced nearly half of the population and sent 4.6 million Syrian refugees into neighboring countries. Violence in Afghanistan, Somalia and South Sudan have also sparked huge refugee movements, as has fighting in Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Iraq.
Nearly 2.5 million asylum-seekers have requests pending, while it’s estimated that 3 million people around the world are migrating to cities every week in search of more secure livelihoods.
Considering all of this human migration, it’s hard to keep track of the definitions prescribed for different subgroups, such as migrant, refugee and asylum-seeker.
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Kelli Rogers@kellierin
Kelli Rogers has worked as an Associate Editor and Southeast Asia Correspondent for Devex, with a particular focus on gender. Prior to that, she reported on social and environmental issues from Nairobi, Kenya. Kelli holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri, and has reported from more than 20 countries.