Major refugee crises of 2021 - in pictures

  • A young Syrian woman holds a baby at a refugee camp for displaced people in Sarmada district, north of Idlib city, in Syria. The fallout from the Ukraine war is worsening long-term humanitarian crises elsewhere, including in Syria. AP
    A young Syrian woman holds a baby at a refugee camp for displaced people in Sarmada district, north of Idlib city, in Syria. The fallout from the Ukraine war is worsening long-term humanitarian crises elsewhere, including in Syria. AP
  • People from Karen state in Myanmar are requested by Thai authorities to head back to their country's side of the river after the military takeover in February 2021 ignited widespread violence and forced many people to flee. AFP
    People from Karen state in Myanmar are requested by Thai authorities to head back to their country's side of the river after the military takeover in February 2021 ignited widespread violence and forced many people to flee. AFP
  • Displaced children attend class in Dori town, Burkina Faso. Violent insurgencies in the central Sahel region of Africa continued to drive internal displacement, particularly in Burkina Faso. AP
    Displaced children attend class in Dori town, Burkina Faso. Violent insurgencies in the central Sahel region of Africa continued to drive internal displacement, particularly in Burkina Faso. AP
  • Men carry a sack of wheat during the distribution of food aid by the World Food Programme in Debark, Ethiopia. The conflict in the Tigray region displaced at least 2.5 million more people in Ethiopia last year. AFP
    Men carry a sack of wheat during the distribution of food aid by the World Food Programme in Debark, Ethiopia. The conflict in the Tigray region displaced at least 2.5 million more people in Ethiopia last year. AFP
  • Relatives of the late chief react outside their burnt-out house in Manga, a village in north-eastern Nigeria that lies near the border with Cameroon, weeks after an attack by suspected Cameroonian separatist fighters. The Cameroonian army and the separatists have been engaged in a five-year battle that has displaced thousands of civilians. AFP
    Relatives of the late chief react outside their burnt-out house in Manga, a village in north-eastern Nigeria that lies near the border with Cameroon, weeks after an attack by suspected Cameroonian separatist fighters. The Cameroonian army and the separatists have been engaged in a five-year battle that has displaced thousands of civilians. AFP
  • Venezuelans cross a bridge in Cucuta, Colombia, as they return to their country. With renewed displacement, primarily to other Latin American countries, the number of Venezuelans displaced abroad grew by more than half a million. AFP
    Venezuelans cross a bridge in Cucuta, Colombia, as they return to their country. With renewed displacement, primarily to other Latin American countries, the number of Venezuelans displaced abroad grew by more than half a million. AFP
  • People gather inside a classroom at the Dibba Busin camp for South Sudanese refugees in Sudan's White Nile state after heavy flooding. South Sudan and Sudan are among a group of countries that all reported increases of between 100,000 and 500,000 people displaced internally during the year. AFP
    People gather inside a classroom at the Dibba Busin camp for South Sudanese refugees in Sudan's White Nile state after heavy flooding. South Sudan and Sudan are among a group of countries that all reported increases of between 100,000 and 500,000 people displaced internally during the year. AFP