Diese Zahl beläuft sich derzeit auf beinahe 50 Millionen Menschen oder 0,8 Prozent der Weltbevölkerung.
However, the apparent progress in the decline of refugees must be seen against the backdrop of the worldwide total of uprooted persons (including those within and outside the mandate of UNHCR), which is currently estimated at nearly 50 million, or one in every 126 persons on earth.