Nigeria NG: Refugee Population: by Country or Territory of Asylum

Nigeria NG: Refugee Population: by Country or Territory of Asylum data was reported at 1,900.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,367.000 Person for 2016. Nigeria NG: Refugee Population: by Country or Territory of Asylum data is updated yearly, averaging 7,235.000 Person from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10,124.000 Person in 2008 and a record low of 1,239.000 Person in 2014. Nigeria NG: Refugee Population: by Country or Territory of Asylum data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nigeria – Table NG.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Refugees are people who are recognized as refugees under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees or its 1967 Protocol, the 1969 Organization 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 asylum is the country where an asylum claim was filed and granted.; ; United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Statistics Database, 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/en-us/figures-at-a-glance.html.; Sum;

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