Americans and Europeans have the impression that proportionally huge numbers of refugees are coming to their country, but the reality is that 86 percent, the vast majority of refugees, are living in the developing world, in countries struggling with their own insecurity, with their own issues of helping their own populations and poverty.
Amerikanen en Europeanen hebben de indruk dat in verhouding enorme aantallen vluchtelingen naar hun land komen, maar de realiteit is dat 86 procent, de grote meerderheid van vluchtelingen, in de ontwikkelingslanden leven, in landen die zelf kampen met onveiligheid, met problemen om hun bevolking te helpen en met armoede.