This social media post discusses facts and figures about refugees worldwide. It notes that there are 59.5 million forcibly displaced people globally. It also provides some statistics on stateless people and asylum seekers, such as over 1.66 million people applying for asylum in 2014, with the largest numbers of applicants in Russia, Germany, and the US.
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At least 1.66 million people submitted applications for asylum in
2014, the highest level ever recorded.
With an estimated 274,700 asylum claims, the Russian
Federation became the largest recipient of new individual
applications in 2014, followed by Germany (173,100), and the USA
(121,200) .