War and Asylum
There are various causes of forced migration, with war and protracted armed conflict predominating. A mere five countries, not including the war presently in Ukraine, account for 68 percent of the world’s forcibly displaced: Syria, Venezuela, Afghanistan, South Sudan, and Myanmar. The prime characteristics of all these countries - save Venezuela which is a special case - is that they have been embroiled in protracted armed conflict for decades. The top ten refugee producing countries in the world today have been marred in war and protracted armed conflict for years. Indeed, one of the conseq...