People in Crisis: Key Issues and Trends PRM - State · People in Crisis: Key Issues and Trends...
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Names and boundary representation are not necessarily authoritative. Sources: USG, UNHCR, UNRWA, IDMC 3 4 2 1 People in Crisis: Key Issues and Trends BUREAU OF POPULATION,REFUGEES & MIGRATION More than half of the world’s 15.4 million refugees live in urban areas. In Kenya, which hosted over 400,000 refugees in 2010, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Nairobi registered close to 50,000 urban refugees from Somalia and other countries. Many refugees seek safety and livelihoods in cities, but instead are confronted by xenophobia and limited access to assistance. Among the world’s 27 million people internally displaced by conflict, Colombia had one of the largest IDP populations at the end of 2010, with approximately 3.6 million registered by the government or a total of 5.2 million, if unregistered IDP estimates are included. Long-lasting conflict between the government and guerilla organizations, and the proliferation of illegal armed groups and organized crime, have resulted in displacement, including significant refugee populations in Ecuador and Venezuela. Approximately 4.9 million registered Palestinian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank received education, health, relief and social services from the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in 2010. The United States is the largest bilateral donor in support of UNRWA’s humanitarian programs. UNHCR estimates there are as many as 12 million people worldwide who are not recognized as citizens by any government. The Rohingya are a Muslim ethnic minority group from northwest Burma who have suffered persecution and human rights abuses for decades. Denied basic citizenship rights, there are now approximately 750,000 stateless Rohingya living in Burma, as well as thousands of Rohingya refugees and asylum seekers who have fled to Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand and other countries in the region. August 18, 2011 - STATE (HIU) No data 0 to 100,000 100,000 to 500,000 500,000 to 1,000,000 1,000,000 to 5,000,000 Spotlight on key issues & trends All population figures are estimates as of the end of 2010 released by UNHCR, UNRWA, and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in mid-2011. These figures do not reflect recent population movements in 2011, such as displacement as a result of famine and conflict in the Horn of Africa, or conflicts in Cote d’Ivoire, Libya and elsewhere. Total populations of concern, 2010 fled their homes by the end of 2010 due to conflict, persecution and other abuses. While many refugees and asylum seekers fled their country seeking protection abroad, many more people were forcibly displaced within their own country. Most did not receive adequate protection from their government, and some were stateless and not recognized as citizens by any government. These populations of concern to the U.S. government are the principal recipients of U.S. humanitarian assistance programmed through the State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. SPOTLIGHT ON POPULATIONS OF CONCERN HUMANITARIAN INFORMATION UNIT [email protected] http://hiu.state.gov U.S. Department of State 43.7 million people worldwide MIDDLE EAST: PALESTINIAN REFUGEES BURMA: STATELESS PERSONS COLOMBIA 3.6 to 5.2 million IDPs 1 COLOMBIA: INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPs) Estimated 750,000 stateless people BURMA 4 Nairobi Over 4.9 million registered refugees PALESTINIAN REFUGEES 2 NAIROBI, KENYA Approximately 50,000 urban refugees 3 www.state.gov/g/prm U.S. Department of State PRM NAIROBI, KENYA: URBAN REFUGEES
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Names and boundary representation are not necessarily authoritative. Sources: USG, UNHCR, UNRWA, IDMC
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People in Crisis: Key Issues and Trends BUREAU OF POPULATION,REFUGEES & MIGRATION
More than half of the world’s 15.4 million refugees live in urban areas. In Kenya, which hosted over 400,000 refugees in 2010, the O�ce of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Nairobi registered close to 50,000 urban refugees from Somalia and other countries. Many refugees seek safety and livelihoods in cities, but instead are confronted by xenophobia and limited access to assistance.
Among the world’s 27 million people internally displaced by con�ict, Colombia had one of the largest IDP populations at the end of 2010, with approximately 3.6 million registered by the government or a total of 5.2 million, if unregistered IDP estimates are included. Long-lasting con�ict between the government and guerilla organizations, and the proliferation of illegal armed groups and organized crime, have resulted in displacement, including signi�cant refugee populations in Ecuador and Venezuela.
Approximately 4.9 million registered Palestinian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank received education, health, relief and social services from the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in 2010. The United States is the largest bilateral donor in support of UNRWA’s humanitarian programs.
UNHCR estimates there are as many as 12 million people worldwide who are not recognized as citizens by any government. The Rohingya are a Muslim ethnic minority group from northwest Burma who have su�ered persecution and human rights abuses for decades. Denied basic citizenship rights, there are now approximately 750,000 stateless Rohingya living in Burma, as well as thousands of Rohingya refugees and asylum seekers who have �ed to Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand and other countries in the region.
August 18, 2011 - STATE (HIU)
No data0 to 100,000100,000 to 500,000500,000 to 1,000,0001,000,000 to 5,000,000Spotlight on key issues & trends
All population �gures are estimates as of the end of 2010 released by UNHCR, UNRWA, and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in mid-2011. These �gures do not re�ect recent population movements in 2011, such as displacement as a result of famine and con�ict in the Horn of Africa, or con�icts in Cote d’Ivoire, Libya and elsewhere.
Total populations ofconcern, 2010
�ed their homes by the end of 2010 due to con�ict, persecution and other abuses. While many refugees and asylum seekers �ed their country seeking protection abroad, many more people were forcibly displaced within their own country. Most did not receive adequate protection from their government, and some were stateless and not recognized as citizens by any government. These populations of concern to the U.S. government are the principal recipients of U.S. humanitarian assistance programmed through the State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration.
SPOTLIGHT ON POPULATIONS OF CONCERN
HUMANITARIAN INFORMATION UNIT
[email protected]://hiu.state.gov
U.S. Department of State
43.7 million people worldwide
MIDDLE EAST:PALESTINIAN REFUGEES
BURMA:STATELESS PERSONS
COLOMBIA3.6 to 5.2 million IDPs
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COLOMBIA: INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPs)
Estimated 750,000 stateless people
BURMA4Nairobi
Over 4.9 million registered refugeesPALESTINIAN REFUGEES2
NAIROBI, KENYAApproximately 50,000 urban refugees
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www.state.gov/g/prmU.S. Department of StatePRM
NAIROBI, KENYA: URBAN REFUGEES
