word | | Refugees and internally displaced persons |
| origin | Congo, Republic of the | refugees (country of origin): 46,341 (Democratic Republic of Congo); 6,564 (Rwanda) IDPs: 48,000 (multiple civil wars since 1992; most IDPs are ethnic Lari) (2007) |
| origin | Costa Rica | refugees (country of origin): 9,699-11,500 (Colombia) (2007) |
| origin | Cote d'Ivoire | refugees (country of origin): 25,615 (Liberia) IDPs: 709,000 (2002 coup; most IDPs are in western regions) (2007) |
| origin | Djibouti | refugees (country of origin): 8,642 (Somalia) (2007) |
| origin | Ecuador | refugees (country of origin): 11,526 (Colombia); note - UNHCR estimates as many as 250,000 Columbians are seeking asylum in Ecuador, many of whom do not register as refugees for fear of deportation (2007) |
| origin | Egypt | refugees (country of origin): 60,000 - 80,000 (Iraq); 70,198 (Palestinian Territories); 12,157 (Sudan) (2007) |
| origin | Ethiopia | refugees (country of origin): 66,980 (Sudan); 16,576 (Somalia); 13,078 (Eritrea) IDPs: 200,000 (border war with Eritrea from 1998-2000, ethnic clashes in Gambela, and ongoing Ethiopian military counterinsurgency in Somali region; most IDPs ... |
| origin | Gabon | refugees (country of origin): 7,178 (Republic of Congo) (2007) |
| origin | Gambia, The | refugees (country of origin): 5,955 (Sierra Leone) (2007) |
| origin | Gaza Strip | refugees (country of origin): 1.017 million (Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)) (2007) |
| origin | Georgia | refugees (country of origin): 1,100 (Russia) IDPs: 220,000-240,000 (displaced from Abkhazia and South Ossetia) (2007) |
| origin | Ghana | refugees (country of origin): 35,653 (Liberia); 8,517 (Togo) (2007) |
| origin | Guinea | refugees (country of origin): 21,856 (Liberia); 5,259 (Sierra Leone); 3,900 (Cote d'Ivoire) IDPs: 19,000 (cross-border incursions from Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone) (2007) |
| origin | Guinea-Bissau | refugees (country of origin): 7,454 (Senegal) (2007) |
| origin | India | refugees (country of origin): 77,200 (Tibet/China); 69,609 (Sri Lanka); 9,472 (Afghanistan) IDPs: at least 600,000 (about half are Kashmiri Pandits from Jammu and Kashmir) (2007) |
| origin | Iran | refugees (country of origin): 914,268 (Afghanistan); 54,024 (Iraq) (2007) |
| origin | Iraq | refugees (country of origin): 10,000-15,000 (Palestinian Territories); 11,773 (Iran); 16,832 (Turkey) IDPs: 2.4 million (ongoing US-led war and ethno-sectarian violence) (2007) |
| origin | Jordan | refugees (country of origin): 1,835,704 (Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)); 500,000 (Iraq) IDPs: 160,000 (1967 Arab-Israeli War) (2007) |
| origin | Kazakhstan | refugees (country of origin): 3,700 (Russia); 508 (Afghanistan) (2007) |
| origin | Kenya | refugees (country of origin): 173,702 (Somalia); 73,004 (Sudan); 16,428 (Ethiopia) IDPs: 250,000-400,000 (2007 post-election violence; KANU attacks on opposition tribal groups in 1990s) (2007) |
| origin | Lebanon | refugees (country of origin): 405,425 (Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)); 50,000-60,000 (Iraq) IDPs: 17,000 (1975-90 civil war, Israeli invasions); 200,000 (July-August 2006 war) (2007) |
| origin | Liberia | refugees (country of origin): 12,600 (Cote d'Ivoire) IDPs: 13,000 (civil war from 1990-2004; IDP resettlement began in November 2004) (2007) |
| origin | Libya | refugees (country of origin): 8,000 (Palestinian Territories) (2007) |
| origin | Malaysia | refugees (country of origin): 15,174 (Indonesia); 21,544 (Burma) (2007) |
| origin | Mali | refugees (country of origin): 6,300 (Mauritania) (2007) |
| origin | Montenegro | refugees (country of origin): 7,000 (Kosovo); note - mostly ethnic Serbs and Roma who fled Kosovo in 1999 IDPs: 16,192 (ethnic conflict in 1999 and riots in 2004) (2007) |
| origin | Namibia | refugees (country of origin): 4,700 (Angola) (2007) |
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