As of 2016, there were 65.6 million people across the world who had been forced to leave their homes due to various reasons. Among them, 22.5 million were reported to seek refuge abroad, while 10 million people were registered as stateless persons, and the rest were relocated to a different region in their country. According to the United Nations statistics, every day 42,500 people have to leave their homes. This number has significantly in-creased during the 2014-2016 period, during which the civil war in Syria has reached its peak forcing millions of people to become refugees.
Zhengizkhan Zhanaltay is a deputy director in the Eurasian Research Institute at H.A.Yassawi Kazakh Turkish International University. Zhengizkhan completed his bachelor’s degree at international relations department of KIMEP University in 2010. He completed his master thesis named ‘Oralmans integration into Kazakhstani Society: Turkish Kazakh Case’ in International Relations department of KIMEP University in 2014. His research interests include international migration politics, labor and ethnic migrants social and economic integration into society and remittance.