word | | Refugees and internally displaced persons |
| origin | Yemen | refugees (country of origin): 91,587 (Somalia) (2007) |
| origin | Zambia | refugees (country of origin): 42,565 (Angola); 60,874 (Democratic Republic of the Congo); 4,100 (Rwanda) (2007) |
| origin | Zimbabwe | refugees (country of origin): 2,500 (Democratic Republic of Congo) IDPs: 569,685 (MUGABE-led political violence, human rights violations, land reform, and economic collapse) (2007) |
| Ossetia | Georgia | refugees (country of origin): 1,100 (Russia) IDPs: 220,000-240,000 (displaced from Abkhazia and South Ossetia) (2007) |
| Ossetia | Russia | IDPs: 18,000-160,000 (displacement from Chechnya and North Ossetia) (2007) |
| Palestinian | Egypt | refugees (country of origin): 60,000 - 80,000 (Iraq); 70,198 (Palestinian Territories); 12,157 (Sudan) (2007) |
| Palestinian | Gaza Strip | refugees (country of origin): 1.017 million (Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)) (2007) |
| Palestinian | 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) |
| Palestinian | Jordan | refugees (country of origin): 1,835,704 (Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)); 500,000 (Iraq) IDPs: 160,000 (1967 Arab-Israeli War) (2007) |
| Palestinian | 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) |
| Palestinian | Libya | refugees (country of origin): 8,000 (Palestinian Territories) (2007) |
| Palestinian | Saudi Arabia | refugees (country of origin): 240,015 (Palestinian Territories) (2007) |
| Palestinian | Syria | refugees (country of origin): 1-1.4 million (Iraq); 522,100 (Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)) IDPs: 305,000 (most displaced from Golan Heights during 1967 Arab-Israeli War) (2007) |
| Palestinian | West Bank | refugees (country of origin): 722,000 (Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)) (2007) |
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