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What is resettlement?
Many refugees cannot go home safely. There may still be conflict, wars, or persecution if they return. Many also cannot live safely in the country where they are now living, or have needs that cannot be met in that country.
For these people, they may need to move to another country for their protection. This is called ‘resettlement’. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is the main international body responsible for ‘resettling’ refugees.
This page draws on UNHCR statistics to tell us where refugees who are being resettled are coming from, and where they are resettled to. It also tells us how many people need resettlement, and where they live.
However, it is important to know that the resettlement data on this page only includes data for resettlement where UNHCR is involved in some way. Australia, for example, resettles more than two-thirds of people under its Humanitarian Program without using UNHCR referral processes, so the numbers reported here will not match reported totals by the Australian Government.
