Wars and riots, which are the most common causes of migration, are currently current in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, the Gaza Strip, Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria, Libya, Ukraine, Mexico...
According to estimates stated in UNHCR's annual report "Global Trends", during 2013 every day 32.200 people in the world left their homes due to persecution and war conflicts.
The report also states that last year the number of refugees in the world was 16,7 million. More than half of that number are people who have been living in exile for more than five years. According to the same source, the largest refugee populations are Afghans, Syrians and Somalis. The largest number of refugees is in Pakistan, Iran and Lebanon.
As for Europe and the number of asylum requests last year, Germany leads the way with 109.600 requests. Behind is France with 60.100, then Sweden - 54.300, Turkey - more than 45.000, Italy with 27.800...