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Africa > Kenya > Immigration

KENYAN IMMIGRATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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immigrant population > Immigrants as percentage of state population 1.007 [147th of 195]
immigrant population > Number of immigrants 345,000 [73rd of 195]
immigrant population > Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world >0.5%
International migration stock > % of population 1.01 % Time series [161st of 205]
International migration stock, total 344,857 Time series [75th of 205]
Net migration -211,519 Time series [149th of 180]
Net migration rate 0 migrant(s)/1,000 populati Time series [85th of 225]
Net migration rate > A note
according to UNHCR, by the end of 2001 Kenya was host to 220,000 refugees from neighboring countries, including: Somalia 145,000 and Sudan 68,000 (2002 est.)
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum 251,271 Time series [10th of 151]
Refugee population by country or territory of origin 4,640 Time series [63rd of 77]
Refugees 244,620 [18th of 110]
Refugees > Convention on refugees 16 May 1966 a
Refugees > Outflow 1,000 [73rd of 76]
Refugees > US applications 3 [54th of 64]
Refugees > US applications otherwise closed 3 [26th of 39]
Refugees and internally displaced persons > IDPs 431,150 Time series [6th of 40]
Refugees and internally displaced persons > Refugees (country of origin)
173,702 (Somalia); 73,004 (Sudan); 16,428 (Ethiopia)
US visa lottery winners 5,721 US visa lottery winners [4th of 178]

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SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of countries by immigrant population ; World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; 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.; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; US Department of State: Bureau of Consular Affairs

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Kenya, Republic of Kenya

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