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WHAT ON EARTH? A WEEKLY LOOK AT TRENDS, PEOPLE AND EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD
The Washington Post Company
Saturday, May 22, 1999; Page A13 

DRIVEN OUT OF HOUSE AND HOME

More than a million people have fled Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo since 1991,
putting the current two-republicYugoslavia and its former republics into
third place among countries that have produced huge numbers of refugees.*
The only larger refugee populations are Palestinians and Afghans.


Palestinians: 3,753,000

Afghanistan: 2,616,000

Yugoslavia: 1,378,000

- Bosnia 311,000

- Croatia 326,000

- Kosovo 741,000

Iraq: 602,000

Sierra Leone: 480,000

Somalia: 420,000

Sudan: 350,000

Eritrea: 320,000

Angola: 300,000

Liberia: 300,000

Vietnam: 281,000

Burundi: 280,000

Burma: 238,000

Azerbaijan: 236,000

Armenia: 188,000

* Refugees are people who are outside their home country and are unable or
unwilling to return to that country because they fear persecution or armed
conflict. Included in this table are people who have been admitted as
refugees or granted asylum during the year.