People walk as they flee deeper into the remaining rebel-held areas of Aleppo, Syria December 13, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail
PARIS (Reuters) - The number of people fleeing war or strife for stabler parts of the world fell marginally in 2016 from a record high in 2015, with the lion's share of those seeking asylum doing so in Germany, the OECD said on Thursday.
In a report on broader migration trends, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said that the biggest exodus of asylum-seekers was from war-ravaged Syria, followed by Afghanistan and Iraq.
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