Table 1

TABLE 1. Refugees and asylum seekers by geographic region, July 1991

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Area of asylum                                  Total refugee population

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Africa                                            5,100,000

East Asia and the Pacific                         1,400,000

Europe and North America                          3,400,000

Latin America and the                             1,100,000

Caribbean

Middle East and Southwest Asia                    17,100,000

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Source:  UNHCR, 1992.

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