2014年全球被迫迁徙者数量再破前高，成为单年增长最快的一年。难民来源地相对集中，难民的新增部分主要来自叙利亚。离冲突地区较近的发展中国家所承受的难民涌入压力更大，但并未得到应有的关注与重视。截至2015年9月，已有3729人死在被迫迁徙的海路上。与媒体讨论欧盟无法承受难民涌入的情况相反，欧盟的非成员国迁入移民近三年开始出现下降趋势。东南亚地区的无国籍难民问题日益严重，却得不到有效治理。各国打击非法迁徙的行动并不能减少难民数量，反使被迫迁徙者陷入更悲惨的境地。
In 2014 we saw the greatest number of forced global displacements on record. The developing regions near the area of the conflicts hosted 86 percent of the world’s refugees，but they received less attention than they deserved. Some 3，729 migrants died in attempting to escape the humanitarian crisis. Hot debates in the media about the influx of refugees were overwhelming in the EU member states，but in the recent three years the number of non-EU nationals living in the EU began to decline. Statelessness has accelerated in Southeast Asia because of the lack of effective governance. Actions by states to combat illegal migration will not reduce the number of refugees but will situate the forced migrants in an even more miserable situation.
