inces) (2004)
Iran
refugees (country of origin): 1,223,823 (Afghanistan), 124,014
(Iraq) (2004)
Iraq
refugees (country of origin): 150,000 (Palestinian Territories)
IDPs: 1,340,280 (ongoing US-led war and Kurds' subsequent return)
(2004)
Israel
IDPs: 276,000 (Arab villagers displaced from homes in
northern Israel) (2004)
Jordan
refugees (country of origin): 1,740,170 (Palestinian Refugees
(UNRWA))
IDPs: 800,000 (1967 Arab-Israeli War) (2004)
Kenya
refugees (country of origin): 154,272 (Somalia), 11,139
(Ethiopia), 63,197 (Sudan)
IDPs: 350,000 (KANU attacks on opposition tribal groups in 1990s)
(2004)
Korea, North
IDPs: 50,000-250,000 (government repression and famine)
(2004)
Lebanon
refugees (country of origin): 394,532 (Palestinian Refugees
(UNRWA))
IDPs: 300,000 (1975-1990 civil war, Israeli invasions) (2004)
Liberia
refugees (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)
Mexico
IDPs: 12,000 (government's quashing of Zapatero 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, 1997-1999; most IDPs in northwest) (2004)
Saudi Arabia
refugees (country of origin): 240,000 (Palestinian
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