The Democratic Republic of the Congo counted 2.1 million refugees' returns in 2019. DR Congo was the country recording the highest number of returnees in Africa as well as in the world. The second largest number of returned refugees was measured in Ethiopia, with about 1.3 million people.
African countries with the highest refugees' returns as of 2019
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Numbre of returnees in thousands
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UNHCR. (June 27, 2020). African countries with the highest refugees' returns as of 2019 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241242/refugee-return-in-africa-by-country/
UNHCR. "African countries with the highest refugees' returns as of 2019 (in 1,000s)." Chart. June 27, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241242/refugee-return-in-africa-by-country/
UNHCR. (2020). African countries with the highest refugees' returns as of 2019 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241242/refugee-return-in-africa-by-country/
UNHCR. "African Countries with The Highest Refugees' Returns as of 2019 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jun 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241242/refugee-return-in-africa-by-country/
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African countries with the highest refugees' returns as of 2019 (in 1,000s) [Graph], UNHCR, June 27, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1241242/refugee-return-in-africa-by-country/