Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | Refugee population by country or territory of asylum

Refugees are people who are recognized as refugees under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees or its 1967 Protocol, the 1969 Organization of African Unity Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, people recognized as refugees in accordance with the UNHCR statute, people granted refugee-like humanitarian status, and people provided temporary protection. Asylum seekers--people who have applied for asylum or refugee status and who have not yet received a decision or who are registered as asylum seekers--are excluded. Palestinian refugees are people (and their descendants) whose residence was Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948 and who lost their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict. Country of asylum is the country where an asylum claim was filed and granted.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria
Records
53
Source
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | Refugee population by country or territory of asylum
1960
1961
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1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
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1981
1982
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5638054 1990
5005401 1991
5229487 1992
5900796 1993
6392266 1994
5633922 1995
4100749 1996
3263762 1997
3123168 1998
3294692 1999
3390974 2000
3044378 2001
3027640 2002
2801130 2003
2692712 2004
2522867 2005
2368888 2006
2249804 2007
2070479 2008
2032437 2009
2128922 2010
2527825 2011
2012

Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | Refugee population by country or territory of asylum

Refugees are people who are recognized as refugees under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees or its 1967 Protocol, the 1969 Organization of African Unity Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, people recognized as refugees in accordance with the UNHCR statute, people granted refugee-like humanitarian status, and people provided temporary protection. Asylum seekers--people who have applied for asylum or refugee status and who have not yet received a decision or who are registered as asylum seekers--are excluded. Palestinian refugees are people (and their descendants) whose residence was Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948 and who lost their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict. Country of asylum is the country where an asylum claim was filed and granted.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria
Records
53
Source