Refugees & Displacement

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Emotional signature

Anxiety-related words per 1,000 words of matching English-language coverage (LIWC dictionaries via GDELT's GCAM). Latest day: 2.3 anxiety · 9.9 anger · 34.6 positive emotion. Tone says whether coverage reads negative; these say what kind of negative.

Where this coverage comes from

Share of matching coverage, from GDELT breakdowns (as of 2026-10-03). Tone split: 37.5% of articles read distinctly negative, 0% distinctly positive.

In focus by country

• United States (148)
• Israel (129)
• Afghanistan (80)
• Malaysia (78)
• Bangladesh (74)
• India (54)
• United Kingdom (49)
• South Africa (48)

Countries where Refugees & Displacement coverage concentrates — each links to the stories and headlines for that intersection.

Reader interest (Wikipedia)

Daily human pageviews of the topic's English Wikipedia article (Wikimedia Analytics). Coverage measures what the press supplies; this measures what readers seek out. Week-over-week: coverage +16.2%, reader interest -8.0% — supply and demand are diverging.

Top recent articles

1. Journey from refugee camp to best-selling author — wordpress.com
2. Labour candidate who fled Somalia as a child praises refugees impact on Britain — mirror.co.uk
3. Labour candidate who fled Somalia as a child praises refugees impact on Britain — aol.co.uk
4. UNHCR: Yaklaşık 6 Milyon Mülteci Çocuk Okul Dışında — sana.sy
5. What happened in SA — Afrikaner 'refugees' return, tearjerker onion prices and more — dailymaverick.co.za
6. The long road home: how EU protection policy is affecting Ukrainian refugees — lrt.lt
7. Giornata Memoria e accoglienza: Unhcr-Oim-Unicef, rafforzare il multilateralismo e la cooperazione per prevenire perdite vite umane — agensir.it
8. Wenezuela: Raport UNHCR: po 100 dniach od trzęsienia ziemi tysiące rodzin pozbawionych domów — wnp.pl
9. Nearly six million refugee children are out of school globally: UNHCR – Channel Africa — channelafrica.co.za
10. UNHCR verilerine göre 2025'te 6 milyon mülteci çocuk okula gidemedi — haberler.com
11. Global Refuge voices its opposition to US presidential determination on refugees - Shafaqna English — shafaqna.com
12. UNHCR: Prawie połowa dzieci-uchodźców nie chodzi do szkoły — naszdziennik.pl
13. UNHCR: Prawie połowa dzieci-uchodźców nie chodzi do szkoły — dorzeczy.pl
14. UNHCR: Nearly 6 million refugee children were out of school in 2025 — sana.sy
15. LAMPEDUSA, UNHCR-OIM-UNICEF: rafforzare il multilateralismo e la cooperazione internazionale per prevenire ulteriori perdite di vite umane in mare — imgpress.it
16. Gaza refugees find hope through Jesus - Mission Network News — mnnonline.org
17. Rohingya refugees in Malaysia in fear amid Myanmar deportation - Shafaqna English — shafaqna.com
18. Rifugiati: Unhcr, 5,8 milioni di bambini fuori dalla scuola. I tagli agli aiuti mettono a rischio i progressi raggiunti — agensir.it
19. Trump is disappearing refugees into the hands of torturers – and rewarding them handsomely | Tutu Alicante and Uzra Zeya — theguardian.com
20. UN warns of rising disease risks among displaced people in Yemen — aa.com.tr
21. Refugees are not 'foreign fugitives' — aliran.com
22. Поездка в Финляндию : страна закрывает центры для беженцев | Новости Украины — news.liga.net
23. ONU . Quase metade das crianças refugiadas não vão à escola – Observador — observador.pt
24. Одна з країн ЄС скорочує центри для біженців : що чекає на українців — ua.korrespondent.net
25. La primirea Premiului Westfalia pentru Pace , Rutte prezice fiascoul lui Putin împotriva NATO — agerpres.ro
26. A Marine befriended a local boy during the Korean War . His son hopes to find him — stripes.com
27. تحت الأشجار .. 21 ألف نازح في عراء كرنوي بدارفور — aljazeera.net
28. 'They are crying': Refugees in Malaysia in fear amid Myanmar deportation | Refugees — aljazeera.com
29. Svi komentari - Uhapšen Novosađanin zbog sumnje da je budžete grada i pokrajine oštetio za tri miliona dinara — b92.net
30. Svi komentari - Stanari na Paliluli moraju da napuste domove : Naređena evakuacija zbog avio - bombe od 250 kilograma — b92.net
31. Uhapšen Novosađanin zbog sumnje da je budžete grada i pokrajine oštetio za tri miliona dinara — b92.net
32. Stanari na Paliluli moraju da napuste domove : Naređena evakuacija zbog avio - bombe od 250 kilograma — b92.net
33. Svi komentari - Masovna tuča u Novom Pazaru : Četvoro privedeno , više osoba povređeno , za jednom se traga — b92.net
34. Nesreća kod Novih Banovaca : Jedna osoba poginula , sudarila se tri vozila — b92.net
35. Sve je bliža gradnja Belgrade Eye : Panoramski točak na Savi visok 80 metara — b92.net
36. Masovna tuča u Novom Pazaru : Četvoro privedeno , više osoba povređeno , za jednom se traga — b92.net
37. Кратењето средства за ОН го доведува во ризик образованието на милиони деца бегалци — sitel.com.mk
38. Caucasian Knot | Kadyrov reported on the expenses for the accommodation of refugees from Palestine. — eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu
39. قطع علاقات وطرد دبلوماسيين .. الأزمة تتصاعد بين إثيوبيا وإريتريا ومصر – قناة المنار — almanar.com.lb
40. Фінляндія закриває центри для біженців : що зміниться для українців — vchaspik.ua

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Related fact-checks

• “Contrary to the propaganda of the Kinshasa regime, amplified by certain biased media outlets, internally displaced persons (IDPs) are voluntarily returning to their now-secured homes in liberated areas.”
  FalseVOA · 2025-02-13

Via the Google Fact Check Tools API; ratings are the fact-checkers' own.

Frequently asked questions

How much news coverage is Refugees & Displacement receiving right now?

As of October 3, 2026, coverage matching this topic makes up 0.004% of all articles GDELT monitors worldwide, roughly 8 articles per day.

Is media coverage of Refugees & Displacement increasing or decreasing?

Coverage is up 16.2% week-over-week (the mean of the latest 7 days compared with the 7 days before).

What is the tone of news coverage about Refugees & Displacement?

The average GDELT tone of matching coverage is -2.34, which reads as mildly negative. Tone typically ranges from about -10 (very negative) to +10 (very positive).

How are these numbers measured?

Geotone processes the GDELT Project's 15-minute data files every three hours, matching this topic's fixed query against article titles across 65+ languages and aggregating counts and tone by UTC day. Coverage volume is the share of all GDELT-monitored articles matching the topic query; tone is the mean document tone. Full details are on the methodology page.