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Internally Displaced Persons, 2006
Table includes countries in which persecution, armed conflict, or
widespread violence has internally displaced the largest numbers of
civilians. Although internally displaced persons share many
characteristics with refugees, they are not protected by international
refugee law because they remain inside their own countries.
| Country |
Number |
|
Sudan
|
5,355,000 |
|
Colombia
|
1,853,000–3,833,000 |
|
Iraq
|
1,700,000 |
|
Uganda
|
1,200,000–1,700,000 |
|
Turkey
|
954,000–1,200,000 |
|
Congo, Dem. Rep. of
|
1,100,000 |
|
Lebanon
|
216,000–800,000 |
|
Côte d'Ivoire
|
750,000 |
|
Azerbaijan
|
579,000–687,000 |
|
India
|
600,000 |
|
Zimbabwe
|
570,000 |
|
Sri Lanka
|
500,000 |
|
Bangladesh
|
500,000 |
|
Kenya
|
431,000 |
|
Israel
|
150,000–420,000 |
|
Somalia
|
400,000 |
|
Syria
|
305,000 |
|
Ethiopia
|
100,000–280,000 |
|
Indonesia
|
150,000–250,000 |
|
Georgia
|
222,000–241,000 |
|
Serbia
|
228,000 |
|
Nepal
|
100,000–200,000 |
|
Russia
|
82,000–190,000 |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
180,000 |
|
Central African Republic
|
150,000 |
Source: World Refugee Survey, 2006,
U.S. Committee on Refugees.
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