Written question asked by Robert Parry (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 12 November 1996. It was answered by Liam Fox (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 November 1996 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: If he will list United Nations refugee camps on the African continent indicating the number of refugees they hold at the most recent available date. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Parry: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list United Nations refugee camps on the African continent indicating the number of refugees they hold at the most recent available date; and if he will make a statement. [3177] Dr Liam Fox: The numbers of refugees in UN camps on the continent of Africa within individual countries are shown in the table. Figures for individual camps within countries are not held centrally. Refugee population by country 1995 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 000's Algeria 219.1 Angola 10.7 Benin 70.4 Burkina Faso 50.0 Burundi 300.3 Cameroon 44.0 Central African Republic 47.8 Congo 15.5 Co+te d'Ivoire 360.1 Djibouti 33.4 Egypt 7.2 Ethiopia 348.1 Gambia 2.2 Ghana 113.7 Guinea 553.2 Guinea-Bassau 23.9 Kenya 252.4 Liberia 120.0 Libya 2.0 Malawi 90.2 Mali 15.8 Mauritania 82.2 Namibia 1.1 Niger 15.1 Nigeria 6.0 Rwanda 6.0 Senegal 73.0 Sierra Leone 15.9 South Africa 91.9 Sudan 727.2 Tanzania 883.3 Togo 12.4 Uganda 286.5 Zaire 1,724.4 Zambia 141.1 Zimbabwe 2.2 Other Countries 3.7 Total Africa region 6,752.0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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