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Principal Sources of Refugees, 2006

These countries have generated the greatest number of refugees and asylum seekers. It does not include persons granted permanent status in other countries.

Country	Number
Afghanistan	3,260,300
Former Palestine	3,036,400
Iraq	1,687,800
Myanmar	693,300
Sudan	648,000
Columbia	453,300
Congo-Kinshasa	413,300
Somalia	410,300
Burundi	393,700
Vietnam	308,000
Eritrea	255,400
Angola	195,000
China	158,700
Liberia	141,100
Bhutan	119,100
Morocco	116,800
Sri Lanka	108,900
Nepal	102,500
Rwanda	92,100
Chad	84,800
Ethiopia	77,800
Central African Republic	73,000
Philippines	69,400
Croatia	57,300

Source: World Refugee Survey, 2007, U.S. Committee on Refugees.

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