In 2023, the number of refugees residing in Sri Lanka decreased by 127 refugees (-25.2 percent) since 2022. The number of refugees residing thereby reached its lowest value in recent years. Refugee population includes people who are outside of their country of origin for reasons of feared persecution, conflict, generalized violence, or other circumstances that have seriously disturbed public order and, therefore, require international protection. Country or territory of asylum is the country or territory where an asylum claim was filed and granted.
As per the source, 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.
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World Bank. (June 28, 2024). Refugee population in Sri Lanka from 2014 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/734359/sri-lanka-refugee-population/
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