Pew researchers found that the highest
number of refugees relocated to the U.S. last year came from the Democratic Republic of Congo, followed by Syria, Burma, Iraq and Somalia.
Scattering across Europe and the Middle East, more than a million
of those displaced
relocated to Lebanon, a country now home to the largest
number of refugees per capita in the world.
Some were active members
of the armed forces, having volunteered or been conscripted into service; others were interned in labor or
refugee camps; more were forced to flee, taking shelter in neutral countries, hiding in mountainous or rural areas, or
relocating to New York, as was the case with a
number of European artists in exile.