Stacked area chart showing regions of asylum for people in need of resettlement over time. This shows that, since 2014, the need in Europe and the MENA regions has increase most significantly, with a less obvious increase for Africa, while it has decreased in Asia and the Pacific.
*MENA refers to the Middle East and North Africa. UNHCR now lists several regions within Africa. To ensure consistency with previous years, these have been grouped together.