GENEVA, June 16 (Reuters) - The following is a list of countries hosting the most refugees, at the end of 2008, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). [nLG835795] Country Number of Refugees Pakistan 1.78 million Syria* 1.11 million Iran 980,100 Germany 582,700 Jordan* 500,400 Chad 330,500 Tanzania 321,900 Kenya 320,600 China 301,000 Britain** 292,100 NOTES: * Government estimate. ** UNHCR estimate. (For a story on the latest numbers of refugees, click on [ID:nLG835795])
Demonstrators hold banners during a protest in support of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi in front of the Iranian Embassy in Ankara June 16, 2009. Iran's top legislative body on ...
Refugees & displacement
