Number of refugees APAC 2021, by country of origin

Published by Leander von Kameke, Nov 10, 2022
In 2021, the highest number of refugees in the Asia-Pacific region came from Afghanistan. There were approximately 2.7 million refugees who came from Afghanistan in that year. In comparison, there were over one thousand refugees who came from Malaysia in 2021.

Number of refugees from the Asia-Pacific region in 2021, by country of origin

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Release date

July 2022

Region

APAC

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

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.

Values under 1,000 have been omitted.

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