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Africa > Ethiopia > Immigration

ETHIOPIAN IMMIGRATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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immigrant population > Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world >0.5%
International migration stock > % of population 0.78 % ... [166th of 205]
International migration stock, total 555,054 ... [58th of 205]
Net migration -150,335 ... [142nd of 180]
Net migration rate 0 migrant(s)/1,000 populati [114th of 219]
Net migration rate > A note
repatriation of Ethiopians who fled to Sudan for refuge from war and famine in earlier years is expected to continue for several years; some Sudanese and Somali refugees, who fled to Ethiopia from the fighting or famine in their own countries, continue to return to their homes (2002 est.)
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum 100,817 ... [23rd of 151]
Refugee population by country or territory of origin 65,461 ... [24th of 77]
Refugees 284,930 [15th of 110]
Refugees > Convention on refugees 10 Nov 1969 a
Refugees > Outflow 61,000 [16th of 76]
Refugees > US acceptance rates 1.7 [50th of 49]
Refugees > US applications 14,585 [2nd of 64]
Refugees > US applications approved 249 [14th of 53]
Refugees > US applications denied 1,097 [6th of 41]
Refugees > US applications otherwise closed 7,891 [2nd of 39]
Refugees and internally displaced persons > IDPs
100,000-280,000 (border war with Eritrea from 1998-2000 and ethnic clashes in Gambela; most IDPs are in Tigray and Gambela Provinces) (2006)
Refugees and internally displaced persons > Refugees (country of origin)
73,927 (Sudan), 15,901 (Somalia), 10,700 (Eritrea)
to Sweden 11,200 [23rd of 24]
US visa lottery winners 6,353 US visa lottery winners [3rd of 178]

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SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of countries by immigrant population ; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; United Nations Treaty Collection; UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). 2002. Correspondence on refugees and internally displaced persons. February. Geneva.; Nationmaster.com calculations based on USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) data; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; Wikipedia: Demographics of Sweden ; US Department of State: Bureau of Consular Affairs

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Ethiopia, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Ityop'iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik, Ityop'iya

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