USCR: Worldwide Refugee Information: Refugees and Asylum Seekers

This table includes statistics on two categories of people in need of protection and/or assistance: refugees, who are unwilling or unable to return to their home countries because they fear persecution or violence there; and asylum seekers, who claim that they are refugees. Generally, this table does not include refugees and asylum seekers once they have been granted permanent status. Host countries, and the number of refugees and asylum seekers received, are printed in bold type. Below each host country is a breakdown that shows the country of origin of those refugees and asylum seekers.

AFRICA	TOTAL 2,944,000

Algeria	104,000 *
Western Sahara	80,000 *
Mali	10,000 *
Niger	10,000 *
Palestinians	4,000

Angola	9,000
Congo/Zaire	9,000

Benin	3,000
Togo	1,000
Nigeria	1,000
Other	1,000

Burkina Faso	2,000

Burundi	12,000
Congo/Zaire	10,000
Rwanda	2,000

Cameroon	1,000
Chad	1,000

Central African Republic	38,000
Sudan	32,000
Chad	4,000
Rwanda	1,000
Other	1,000

Congo-Brazzaville	21,000
Angola	20,000
Chad	1,000

Congo/Zaire	255,000 *
Angola	100,000 *
Sudan	60,000
Congo-Brazzaville	40,000
Rwanda	30,000 *
Burundi	15,000
Uganda	10,000

Côte d’Ivoire	202,000
Liberia	200,000
Sierra Leone	1,000
Other	1,000

Djibouti	22,000
Somalia	20,000
Ethiopia	2,000

Egypt	46,000 *
Palestinians	40,000 *
Somalia	4,000
Sudan	1,000 *
Other	1,000

Eritrea	3,000
Somalia	3,000

Ethiopia	313,000 *
Somalia	240,000 *
Sudan	60,000
Djibouti	5,000 *
Kenya	8,000

Gabon	1,000

Gambia	8,000
Senegal	3,000
Sierra Leone	5,000

Ghana	20,000
Togo	5,000
Liberia	15,000

Guinea	430,000 *
Liberia	240,000 *
Sierra Leone	190,000 *

Guinea-Bissau	4,000 *
Senegal	4,000 *

Kenya	196,000 *
Somalia	150,000 *
Sudan	40,000
Ethiopia	5,000
Other	1,000

Liberia	100,000 *
Sierra Leone	100,000 *

Libya	27,000 *
Palestinians	25,000 *
Somalia	2,000

Mali	17,000
Mauritania	15,000
Other	2,000

Mauritania	5,000 *
Western Sahara	5,000 *

Namibia	1,000
Angola	1,000

Niger	7,000
Mali	6,000
Chad	1,000

Nigeria	9,000
Liberia	5,000
Cameroon	1,000
Chad	1,000
Sierra leone	1,000
Other	1,000

Rwanda	28,000
Congo/Zaire	25,000
Burundi	3,000

Senegal	41,000 *
Mauritania	40,000 *
Other	1,000

Sierra Leone	15,000 *
Liberia	15,000 *

South Africa	28,000
Angola	2,000
Somalia	3,000
Other	23,000

Sudan	365,000 *
Etitrea	320,000 *
Ethiopia	40,000 *
Chad	4,000 *
Other	1,000

Tanzania	295,000 *
Burundi	230,000 *
Congo/Zaire	60,000
Other	5,000

Togo	12,000
Ghana	12,000

Uganda	185,000
Sudan	160,000
Congo/Zaire	15,000
Rwanda	10,000

Zambia	118,000 *
Angola	100,000 *
Congo/Zaire	13,000
Other	5,000

Zimbabwe	1,000