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Sudan

UNHCR News

	Ethiopia: Two camps close after successful repatriation to South Sudan Source: UNHCR Briefing Notes Publish date: 6 May 2008 Filetype: HTML (2k)
	Q&A: Former Lost Boy of Sudan returns home to build for the future Source: UNHCR News Stories Publish date: 2 May 2008 Filetype: HTML (4k)
	UNHCR saddened by French aid worker's death in eastern Chad Source: UNHCR Briefing Notes Publish date: 2 May 2008 Filetype: HTML (0k)
	UNHCR-assisted returns from Uganda to Sudan top 50,000 Source: UNHCR News Stories Publish date: 18 Apr 2008 Filetype: HTML (2k)
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UNHCR Operations

	UNHCR Global Appeal 2008-2009 - Chad / Sudan Situation subregional overview Source: UNHCR Fundraising Reports Publish date: 1 Dec 2007 Filetype: PDF (210k)
	UNHCR Global Appeal 2008-2009 - Sudan Source: UNHCR Fundraising Reports Publish date: 1 Dec 2007 Filetype: PDF (129k)
	UNHCR Global Report 2006 - Darfur (Supplementary Budget) Source: UNHCR Fundraising Reports Publish date: 1 Jun 2007 Filetype: PDF (109k)
	UNHCR Global Report 2006 - Chad/Sudan Situation Subregional Overview Source: UNHCR Fundraising Reports Publish date: 1 Jun 2007 Filetype: PDF (150k)
	UNHCR Global Report 2006 - Sudan Source: UNHCR Fundraising Reports Publish date: 1 Jun 2007 Filetype: PDF (126k)
	Operational Briefing on Southern Sudan Source: WorldWide Operations Publish date: 15 Apr 2005 Filetype: PDF (840k)
	Return and Reintegration of Sudanese Refugees to South Sudan Source: WorldWide Operations Publish date: 1 Apr 2005 Filetype: PDF (488k)
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Statistics

	2005 UNHCR Statistical Yearbook Country Data Sheet - Sudan Source: UNHCR Statistical Yearbook Country Data Sheets Publish date: 30 Apr 2007 Filetype: PDF (26k)
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Funding

	Common Humanitarian Fund Sudan – UNHCR donor profile and donor history Source: UNHCR Donor Information Publish date: 10 Apr 2008 Filetype: HTML (6k)
	UNHCR Supplementary Appeal for Darfur 2008 Source: UNHCR Donor Information Publish date: 2 Apr 2008 Filetype: PDF (1000k)

Background, Analysis and Policy

	Real time evaluation of UNHCR’s response to the emergency in Chad Source: UNHCR Evaluation Reports Publish date: 11 Aug 2004 Filetype: PDF (210k)
	Self-image and the well-being of refugees in Rhino Camp, Uganda, Wiebke Hoeing Source: New Issues in Refugee Research Publish date: 10 Apr 2004 Filetype: PDF (169k)
	The State of the World's Refugees 2006 - Chapter 7 Internally displaced persons: Box 7.2 Darfur: the challenge of protecting the internally displaced Source: State of the World's Refugees Publish date: 19 Apr 2006 Filetype: HTML (12k)
	Refugees Magazine Issue 136: Sudan: Crisis in Darfur (complete magazine, lo-res, 1.1 Mb, pdf) Source: Refugees Magazine Publish date: 1 Sep 2004 Filetype: PDF (1192k)
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UNHCR Maps

	Sudan, UNHCR offices coverage Source: UNHCR Maps Publish date: 1 Nov 2007 Filetype: PDF (612k)
	Darfur: UNHCR Presence, Refugee/IDP locations, as of October 2007 Source: UNHCR Maps Publish date: 1 Oct 2007 Filetype: PDF (645k)
	Southern Sudan Administrative Map Source: UNHCR Maps Publish date: 1 Sep 2007 Filetype: PDF (309k)
	Sudan Administrative Map Source: UNHCR Maps Publish date: 1 Aug 2007 Filetype: PDF (576k)
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Ethiopia

Chad, Republic of

Egypt

Central African Republic

Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

Eritrea

Uganda

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Kenya

UNHCR Sub-sites

South Sudan repatriation

Chad/Darfur emergency

UNHCR on the web in Arabic

http://www.unhcr.org.eg/

Key Indicators

Origin of major refugee populations (as at 1 Jan 2007, ten largest groups)
Afghanistan	2,108,000
Iraq*	1,451,000
Sudan	686,000
Somalia	464,000
DR Congo	402,000
Burundi	397,000
Viet Nam	374,000
Turkey	227,000
Angola	207,000
Myanmar	203,000

* Estimated at over 2 million by September 2007.

Note: Some 334,000 Palestinian refugees also come under UNHCR’s mandate, while a further 4.4 million Palestinian refugees are cared for by UNRWA.

Source: Protecting Refugees, and the Role of UNHCR, 2007 edition.

Origin of major refugee arrivals during 2005 (10 largest movements)
Togo	39,100
Sudan	34,500
D.R. Congo	15,600
Somalia	13,600
Cen. Afr. Rep.	11,500
Iraq	10,500
Burundi	6,100
Bhutan	1,500
Rwanda	1,500
Russian Fed.	500

Source: Refugees By Numbers, 2006 edition.

Top 10 voluntary repatriation movements in 2005, by destination*
Afghanistan	752,000
Liberia	70,000
Burundi	68,000
Iraq	56,000
Angola	54,000
D.R. Congo	39,000
Sudan	19,000
Somalia	12,000
Rwanda	10,000
Nigeria	7,000

* Based on country of origin and asylum reports.

Source: Refugees By Numbers, 2006 edition.

Major internally displaced populations of concern to UNHCR (as at 1 Jan 2006)*
Colombia§	2,000,000
Iraq	1,200,000
Sudan	841,900
Azerbaijan	578,500
Somalia	400,000
Sri Lanka	324,700
Serbia & Mont.	246,400
Liberia	237,800
Georgia	234,200
Bosnia & Herz.	182,700
Russian Fed.	170,500
Afghanistan	142,500

* Only IDPs who are protected or assisted by UNHCR. Most IDP populations are not covered by UNHCR and so are not reflected.
§ UNHCR estimate.

Source: Refugees By Numbers, 2006 edition.

UNHCR Web Video

Fresh Violence in Darfur
Recent violence in Darfur has forced tens of thousands of people from their homes and made the delivery of aid almost impossible. A joint UN humanitarian mission recently visited Sirba, one of the towns that came under attack. (2:06)