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Some 21 million people were internally displaced by the end of the 1990s, compared to
13-14 million in 1990
Approximately 80 percent of the 34 million refugees and IDPs in the world are women
and children
One person in four in the world is either displaced or a refugee or has a parent or
grandparent who was
40% of all those displaced from their homes are Africans
Sixty percent of Africa's uprooted people are from four countries: Sudan
(4.4 million uprooted); Angola (1.8 million or more); Burundi (1.1 million); and
Congo-Kinshasa (1 million)
Nearly one-third of all African refugees are seeking asylum in countries that are
themselves experiencing armed conflict. 1.2 million African refugees have fled to
potentially unsafe asylum countries
In 1999 donor governments gave $207 for every person in need in former Yugoslavia and
$8 per head for those in need in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
One of every nine uprooted people worldwide is Sudanese
European Union emergency assistance to former Yugoslavia in 1999 was four times the
amount given to the 70 ACP (Africa/Caribbean/Pacific) states
Refugee burden-sharing is highly unequal. While Tanzania hosts one refugee for every
76 Tanzanians, the figure for Britain is 1:530. The European Union, a collection of
some of the richest countries in the world, hosts hosts less than 5% of the world's
refugee population
In 2001 the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is hoping to attract
funding of $917.5m. This is less than three quarters the cost of a single
Stealth bomber
While the total value of humanitarian assistance doubled in the 1990s, the share
under the control of United Nations (UN) agencies fell from a half to a quarter
UNHCR's financial crisis is made worse by shifts in European Union funding. Whereas
the EU provided 54% of UNHCR's funds in 1995, it provided only 32% in 2000
In 1999 donors only provided $1.29m of the $9.59m sought for UNHCR's
longest-established African programme in Sudan. The $15m spent on the thirteen
Tomahawk cruise missiles fired at a Sudanese pharmaceutical plant in December 1998
would meet the total combined funding requirements in 2000 for the work of UNHCR,
UNDP and WHO in Sudan, the country with the world's highest IDP population.
The 3.9 million Palestinian refugees are the largest refugee population in the world
today. One in every four of the world's refugees is a Palestinian.
UNRWA, the UN agency responsible for Palestinian refugees, is so short of funds that
it now spends only $67 for every refugee in its care
The first soft toilet paper in the UK was manufactured by German Jewish refugees at
St Andrews Mill in Walthamstow in 1945
Fish and chips, the national dish in the UK, was brought to London by Portuguese
Marrano refugees in the 17th century
Total emergency aid provided in 1998 by the 21 member states of the OECD Development
Assistance Committee equalled merely two days of global military spending - a mere
US$5 for each person in OECD countries
In 1999 Norway donated $15.62 per capita to international refugee aid agencies. The
USA gave $1.63 and the UK $0.61
Australia is the only Western country that mandatorily detains all asylum seekers
(including women and children)
Japan has a woeful record on asylum seekers. Between 1994 and 1997 only one out of
516 asylum seekers was granted asylum
UNHCR statistics indicate that 452,000 asylum applications were submitted in 25
European countries in 2000, 4% less than in 1999
Funds spent on determining asylum applications are estimated to have reached $10b.
per annum, some ten times the budget of UNHCR. Whereas average annual expenditure on
each asylum seeker is $20,000, refugees and IDPs only receive about $50 of assistance
UNFPA suggests six million more people of working age are needed to counter the
"demographic shock" of Western Europe's failure to reproduce itself
Some 21 million people were internally displaced by the end of the 1990s, compared to
13-14 million in 1990
Approximately 80 percent of the 34 million refugees and IDPs in the world are women
and children
One person in four in the world is either displaced or a refugee or has a parent or
grandparent who was
40% of all those displaced from their homes are Africans
Sixty percent of Africa's uprooted people are from four countries: Sudan
(4.4 million uprooted); Angola (1.8 million or more); Burundi (1.1 million); and
Congo-Kinshasa (1 million)
Nearly one-third of all African refugees are seeking asylum in countries that are
themselves experiencing armed conflict. 1.2 million African refugees have fled to
potentially unsafe asylum countries
In 1999 donor governments gave $207 for every person in need in former Yugoslavia and
$8 per head for those in need in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
One of every nine uprooted people worldwide is Sudanese
European Union emergency assistance to former Yugoslavia in 1999 was four times the
amount given to the 70 ACP (Africa/Caribbean/Pacific) states
Refugee burden-sharing is highly unequal. While Tanzania hosts one refugee for every
76 Tanzanians, the figure for Britain is 1:530. The European Union, a collection of
some of the richest countries in the world, hosts hosts less than 5% of the world's
refugee population
In 2001 the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is hoping to attract
funding of $917.5m. This is less than three quarters the cost of a single
Stealth bomber
While the total value of humanitarian assistance doubled in the 1990s, the share
under the control of United Nations (UN) agencies fell from a half to a quarter
UNHCR's financial crisis is made worse by shifts in European Union funding. Whereas
the EU provided 54% of UNHCR's funds in 1995, it provided only 32% in 2000
In 1999 donors only provided $1.29m of the $9.59m sought for UNHCR's
longest-established African programme in Sudan. The $15m spent on the thirteen
Tomahawk cruise missiles fired at a Sudanese pharmaceutical plant in December 1998
would meet the total combined funding requirements in 2000 for the work of UNHCR,
UNDP and WHO in Sudan, the country with the world's highest IDP population.
The 3.9 million Palestinian refugees are the largest refugee population in the world
today. One in every four of the world's refugees is a Palestinian.
UNRWA, the UN agency responsible for Palestinian refugees, is so short of funds that
it now spends only $67 for every refugee in its care
The first soft toilet paper in the UK was manufactured by German Jewish refugees at
St Andrews Mill in Walthamstow in 1945
Fish and chips, the national dish in the UK, was brought to London by Portuguese
Marrano refugees in the 17th century
Total emergency aid provided in 1998 by the 21 member states of the OECD Development
Assistance Committee equalled merely two days of global military spending - a mere
US$5 for each person in OECD countries
In 1999 Norway donated $15.62 per capita to international refugee aid agencies. The
USA gave $1.63 and the UK $0.61
Australia is the only Western country that mandatorily detains all asylum seekers
(including women and children)
Japan has a woeful record on asylum seekers. Between 1994 and 1997 only one out of
516 asylum seekers was granted asylum
UNHCR statistics indicate that 452,000 asylum applications were submitted in 25
European countries in 2000, 4% less than in 1999
Funds spent on determining asylum applications are estimated to have reached $10b.
per annum, some ten times the budget of UNHCR. Whereas average annual expenditure on
each asylum seeker is $20,000, refugees and IDPs only receive about $50 of assistance
UNFPA suggests six million more people of working age are needed to counter the
"demographic shock" of Western Europe's failure to reproduce itself
