Immigration Statistics > Refugee population by country or territory of origin > South Africa (historical data)

Date   Amount    Rank   
2009   384    #107   
2008   453    #105   
2007   474    #106   
2006   510    #106   
2005   268    #110   
2004   275    #107   
2003   288    #105   
2002   275    #107   
2001   123    #104   
2000   168    #102   
1999   91    #98   
1998   188    #98   
1997   244    #97   
1996   290    #92   
1995   488    #75   
1994   1,514    #63   
1993   9,094    #46   
1992   9,241    #44   
1991   11,206    #34   
1990   14,783    #27   


DEFINITION: Refugees are people who are recognized as refugees under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees or its 1967 Protocol, the 1969 Organisation of African Unity Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, people recognized as refugees in accordance with the UNHCR statute, people granted refugee-like humanitarian status, and people provided temporary protection. Asylum seekers--people who have applied for asylum or refugee status and who have not yet received a decision or who are registered as asylum seekers--are excluded. Palestinian refugees are people (and their descendants) whose residence was Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948 and who lost their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict. Country of origin generally refers to the nationality or country of citizenship of a claimant."

SOURCE: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Statistical Yearbook and data files, complemented by statistics on Palestinian refugees under the mandate of the UNRWA as published on its website. Data from UNHCR are available online at: www.unhcr.org/statistics/populationdatabase. via NationMaster
   
 

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