|
|
|
Country
|
# of Refugees
|
|
Source
of Refugees
|
|
1.
|
|
Iran
|
1,090,000
|
|
from Afghanistan and Iraq
|
|
2.
|
|
Pakistan
|
1,201,400
|
|
from Afghanistan
|
|
3.
|
|
Tanzania
|
559,700
|
|
from Burundi and Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
|
4.
|
|
Sudan
|
269,900
|
|
from Ethiopia and Eritrea
|
|
5.
|
|
Guinea
|
191,000
|
|
from Liberia and Sierra Leone
|
|
6.
|
|
Canada
|
538,000
|
|
from
various countries
|
|
7.
|
|
U.S.
|
482,000
|
|
from
various countries
|
|
8.
|
|
Democratic Republic of the
Congo
|
254,800
|
|
mostly
from Angola, Sudan, Burundi,
Congo, Rwanda, Uganda
|
|
9.
|
|
Kenya
|
232,700
|
|
from Somalia, Ethiopia,
and Sudan
|
|
10.
|
|
Thailand
|
133,400
|
|
from Myanmar
|
|
11.
|
|
Burundi
|
268,000
|
|
from
the Democratic Republic of the Congo and
Rwanda
|
|
12.
|
|
Nepal
|
106,240
|
|
from Bhutan
|
|
13.
|
|
Côte d'Ivoire
|
66,370
|
|
from Liberia and Sierra Leone
|
|
14.
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
541,460
|
|
mostly
internally displaced persons
|
|
15.
|
|
Hong Kong
|
51,000
|
|
from Vietnam
|
|
16.
|
|
Former
Yugoslavia
|
1,272,000
|
|
from Croatia,
Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia-Montenegro
|
|
17.
|
|
Chechnya and Caucasus
Region
|
1,300,000
|
|
from Chechnya, Armenia,
Azerbaijan, and Georgia
|
|
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