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Table 19: Refugees in <strong>Nigeria</strong> by nati<strong>on</strong>ality and regi<strong>on</strong>, 2008<br />

Country/Territory Refugees<br />

Angola 8<br />

Burundi 6<br />

Central African Republic 7<br />

Chad 112<br />

Camero<strong>on</strong> 1,819<br />

C<strong>on</strong>go (the) 3<br />

Democratic Republic of the C<strong>on</strong>go 773<br />

Equatorial Guinea 4<br />

Rwanda 36<br />

Uganda 4<br />

Total Great Lakes Regi<strong>on</strong> 2,772<br />

27% of total refugees (with 66% from Camero<strong>on</strong>)<br />

Sudan 188<br />

Somalia 19<br />

Eritrea 10<br />

Ethiopia 29<br />

Total Horn of Africa 246<br />

0.6% of toal refugees (50% from Ethiopia)<br />

Côte d’Ivoire 36<br />

Ghana 69<br />

Guinea 25<br />

Guinea-Bissau 5<br />

Liberia 5,303<br />

Sierra Le<strong>on</strong>e 1,634<br />

Togo 14<br />

Total western Africa 7,086<br />

70% of total refugees (with 75% from Liberia and 23% from Sierra Le<strong>on</strong>e)<br />

Other countries/territories 20<br />

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1<br />

Palestinian Territory 6<br />

Sri Lanka 13<br />

Grand total 10,124<br />

Source: NCFR, 2008.<br />

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