gees (country of origin): 13,941 (Sierra Leone) 38,325
(Cote d'Ivoire)
IDPs: 500,000 (civil war from 1990-2004; IDP resettlement began in
November 2004) (2004)
Macedonia
IDPs: 2,678 (ethnic conflict in 2001; most IDPs have
returned) (2004)
Maldives
IDPs: 12,000 (26 December 2004 tsunami victims) (2005)
Mexico
IDPs: 12,000 (government's quashing of Zapatista uprising in
1994 in eastern Chiapas Region) (2004)
Moldova
IDPs: 1,000 (internal secessionist uprising in
Transdniestrian region in 1991) (2004)
Nepal
refugees (country of origin): 104,235 (Bhutan)
IDPs: 100,000-200,000 (ongoing conflict between government forces
and Maoist rebels; displacement spread across the country) (2004)
Nigeria
IDPs: 250,000 (communal violence between Christians and
Muslims since President OBASANJO's election in 1999) (2004)
Pakistan
refugees (country of origin): 1,064,230 (Afghanistan)
IDPs: undetermined (government strikes on Islamic militants in South
Waziristan) (2004)
Peru
IDPs: 60,000 (civil war from 1980-2000; most IDPs are
indigenous peasants in Andean and Amazonian regions) (2004)
Philippines
IDPs: 150,000 (fighting between government troops and
MILF and Abu Sayyaf groups) (2004)
Russia
IDPs: 368,000 (displacement from Chechnya and North Ossetia)
(2004)
Rwanda
refugees (country of origin): 37,691 (Democratic Republic of
the Congo)
IDPs: 4,158 (incursions by Hutu rebels from Democratic Republic of
the Congo, 1997-99; most IDPs in northwest) (2004)
Saudi Arabia
refugees (country of origin): 240,000 (Palestinian
Territories) (2004)
Senegal
IDPs: 17,000 (clashes between government troops and
separatists in Casamance region) (2004)
Serbia and Montenegro
refugees (country of origin): 99,170 (Bosnia)
188,656 (Croatia)
IDPs: 225,000 (mostly ethnic Serbs and Roma who fled Kosovo in 1999)
(2004)
Sierra Leone
refugees (country of origin): 67,000 (Liberia) (2004)
Somalia
IDPs: 375,000 (civil war since 1988, clan-based competition
for resources) (2004)
Sri Lanka
IDPs: 362,000 (both Tamils and non-Tamils displaced due to
Tamil conflict); 555,000 (resulting from 26 December 2004 tsunami)
(2004)
Sudan
refugees (country of origin): 108,251 (Eritrea) 5,023 (Chad)
7,983 (Uganda)
IDPs: 4.367 million (internal conflict since 1980s; ongoing
genocide) (2004)
Syria
refugees (country of origin): 413,
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