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Conflicts have produced some 31 million refugees and displaced persons, most of them women and children.

Rotary International

 

 

Nearly 8 million refugees around the world have spent five years or more living in "warehouse" refugee camps.

World Refugee Survey, 2005

 

 

Less than one percent of people applying for refugee status in the United States are approved.

Arlington Diocese Refugee Services

 

 

In 2004, 50,000 refugees were resettled into the United States.

Arlington Diocese Refugee Services

 

 

In Sudan, more than 4.5 million people are internally displaced and 500,000 more have fled to other countries to escape the world's longest civil war.

Church World Service

 

 

More than 4 million Palestinians live in refugee camps.

Church World Service

 

 

Europe hosts nearly 25 percent of all refugees.

United Nations

 

 

Pakistan and Iran host 1 out of 5 refugees worldwide.

United Nations

 

 

Pakistan, Iran, Germany, Tanzania, and the United States are the top five countries granting asylum to refugees.

United Nations

 

 

In 2005, over 1 million refugees voluntarily returned to their countries of origin.

United Nations