REFUGEES Origin1 2 Refugees Total refugees Of whom and people assisted by in refugee-like UNHCR situations People in refugee-like 3 situations Asylumseekers (pending 4 cases) IDPs protected/assisted by UNHCR, incl. people in IDP-like 6 situations Returned 5 refugees Returned 7 IDPs Stateless 8 persons 9 Various Total population of concern UNHCR-Bureaux Central Africa-Great Lakes 891,885 38,917 930,802 538,499 49,744 99,189 2,520,208 99,630 - 155,062 3,854,635 1,304,790 31,567 1,336,357 1,049,682 105,189 33,766 3,429,440 579,600 - - 5,484,352 Southern Africa 165,935 - 165,935 28,350 2,758 2,499 - - - 14,479 185,671 Western Africa 194,494 36 194,530 103,010 29,000 2,011 519,140 166,816 - 4,656 916,153 Americas 178,909 286,366 465,275 83,432 132,954 70 3,303,979 - - - 3,902,278 3,087,368 1,189,424 4,276,792 3,088,078 117,990 59,520 2,693,876 1,208,221 - 61,877 8,418,276 719,032 5,570 724,602 134,315 60,146 4,346 1,359,411 7,533 - 175,624 2,331,662 2,073,633 26,064 2,099,697 483,410 40,719 50,052 1,802,003 167,740 - - 4,160,211 190,821 11,729 202,550 4,156 444,920 25 - - 6,559,573 - 7,207,068 8,806,867 1,589,673 10,396,540 5,512,932 983,420 251,478 15,628,057 2,229,540 6,559,573 411,698 36,460,306 East and Horn of Africa Asia and Pacific Europe Middle East and North Africa Various/unknown Total UN major regions Africa 2,708,639 96,526 2,805,165 1,842,166 192,563 149,480 6,468,788 846,046 - 174,197 10,636,239 Asia 5,198,717 1,194,483 6,393,200 3,464,332 173,028 97,584 5,434,532 1,381,234 - 144,924 13,624,502 527,676 176,443 2,466 569 286,365 1 528,245 462,808 2,467 118,845 83,422 10 39,541 131,487 1,467 4,319 70 - 420,758 3,303,979 - 2,260 - - 92,577 - 1,087,700 3,898,344 3,934 Europe Latin America and the Caribbean Northern America Oceania Various Total 2,105 - 2,105 1 414 - - - - - 2,519 190,821 11,729 202,550 4,156 444,920 25 - - 6,559,573 - 7,207,068 8,806,867 1,589,673 10,396,540 5,512,932 983,420 251,478 15,628,057 2,229,540 6,559,573 411,698 36,460,306 Notes The data are generally provided by Governments, based on their own definitions and methods of data collection. A dash (-) indicates that the value is zero, not available or not applicable. 1 Country or territory of origin. 2 Persons recognized as refugees under the 1951 UN Convention/1967 Protocol, the 1969 OAU Convention, in accordance with the UNHCR Statute, persons granted a complementary form of protection and those granted temporary protection. In the absence of Government estimates, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population in 24 industrialized countries based on 10 years of individual refugee recognition. 3 This category is descriptive in nature and includes groups of persons who are outside their country or territory of origin and who face protection risks similar to those of refugees, but for whom refugee status has, for practical or other reasons, not been ascertained. 4 Persons whose application for asylum or refugee status is pending at any stage in the asylum procedure. 9 Refers to individuals who do not necessarily fall directly into any of the other groups but to whom UNHCR may extend its protection and/or assistance services. These activities might be based on humanitarian or other special grounds. 10 Afghan refugee figures for Pakistan include individually recognized Afghan refugees (2,800), registered Afghans in refugee villages who are assisted by UNHCR (756,000), and registered Afghans outside refugee villages who are living in a “refugee-like” situation (981,000). Individuals in all categories have been issued a Proof of Registration Card by the Government of Pakistan. Following the completion of the registration exercise in 2007, those living outside refugee villages are now in the “refugee-like” category. They do not receive direct UNHCR material assistance but they benefit from advocacy and reintegration support upon return. 11 IDP figure in Georgia includes 105,700 people who are in an IDP-like situation. 12 Refugee figures for Iraqis in Jordan and the Syrian Arab Republic are Government estimates. 13 Refers to Palestinian refugees under the UNHCR mandate only. 5 Refugees who have returned to their place of origin during the calendar year. Source: country of origin and asylum. 14 IDP figure in the Russian Federation includes 23,100 people who are in an IDP-like situation. 6 Persons who are displaced within their country and to whom UNHCR extends protection and/or assistance. It also includes people in IDP-like situations. This category is descriptive in nature and includes groups of persons who are inside their country of nationality or habitual residence and who face protection risks similar to those of IDPs but who, for practical or other reasons, could not be reported as such. 15 The IDP figure at the end of 2009 represents the remaining IDP population in camps and transit sites. They remain of concern to UNHCR together with the 408,000 who have already returned to their villages. 7 IDPs protected/assisted by UNHCR who have returned to their place of origin during the calendar year. 8 Refers to persons who are not considered nationals by any State under the operation of its laws. See table 7 for footnotes. 30 2009 Global Trends 16 The 300,000 Vietnamese refugees are well integrated and in practice receive protection from the Government of China. 17 According to the Government of Algeria, there are an estimated 165,000 Sahrawi refugees in the Tindouf camps. Source: UNHCR/Governments.