Refugee
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For other uses, see Refugee (disambiguation).
A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a person who has lost the protection of their country of origin and who cannot or is unwilling to return there due to well-founded fear of persecution.[2] Such a person may be called an asylum seeker until granted refugee status by the contracting state or the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)[3] if they formally make a claim for asylum.[4]
Quick Facts Total population, Regions with significant populations ...
Total population | |
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c. 35.3 million (29.4 million under the mandate of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and 5.9 million under UNRWA's mandate | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.0 million |
Europe and North Asia | 12.4 million |
Asia and the Pacific | 6.8 million |
Middle East and North Africa | 2.4 million |
Americas | 800,000 |
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