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Population at a glance
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35,200 Individuals
Registered Refugee Population
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Population

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Registered Refugee Population

38,090


Households

11,503


Last Updated 31 Oct 2015
Source - UNHCR

Demography
Male (47.7%) Age (52.3%) Female
8.2% 0 - 4 8.4%
13.2% 5 - 11 13.2%
7.1% 12 - 17 6.3%
17.8% 18 - 59 22.3%
1.3% 60 + 2.1%

  Repatriation Totals Graph

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    Repatriation Figures by Month

Year Assisted Returns Spontaneous Returns Total
2013 24,354 168,683 193,037
2014 12,026 36 12,062
Total 36,380 168,719 205,099

  Registered Refugee Population by Date

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  Breakdown by Region

Region Total Population    
Liberia
Grand Gedeh
31 Oct 2015
19,918
6,617 		Individuals
Households 		52.3 %
Maryland
31 Oct 2015
10,214
2,619 		Individuals
Households 		26.8 %
Nimba
31 Oct 2015
5,988
1,705 		Individuals
Households 		15.7 %
River Gee
31 Oct 2015
1,683
434 		Individuals
Households 		4.4 %
Montserrado
31 Oct 2015
287
128 		Individuals
Households 		0.8 %

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  News

Liberia: UNHCR Wants End to Child Statelessness
All Africa, 04 Nov 2015
By Bridgett Milton The United Nations High Commission on Refugees has stressed the need for urgent action against childhood statelessness. UNHCR says stateless children across the world share similar feelings of discrimination, frustration and despair. Speaking Tuesday in Monrovia at press con...
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UNHCR wants end to child statelessness
The New Dawn, 04 Nov 2015
The United Nations High Commission on Refugees has stressed the need for urgent action against childhood statelessness. UNHCR says stateless children across the world share similar feelings of discrimination, frustration and despair. Speaking Tuesday in Monrovia at press conference, UNHCR Deputy ...
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Liberia's Nationwide Identification Registration Gets Underway
Front Page Africa, 23 Oct 2015
Monrovia - On August 1, 2011, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf signed into law the National Identification Registry Act, which repealed PRC Decree # 65 establishing the National Identification card system. In May 2012, President Sirleaf established the NIR Board of Registrars, which includes the head...
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Acting Foreign Minister receives UNHCR resident representative
The New Dawn, 19 Oct 2015
Acting Minister B. Elias Shoniyin and Ms. Ndeye Ndour, the new Resident Representative of the UNHCR briefly exchanged views on her new assignment Photo Credit: Public Affairs The Acting Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, B. Elias Shoniyin, on Tuesday, October 13, received in audience, ...
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Through the hardship, a young Ivorian refugee recovers his dream of being a professional
UNHCR, 16 Oct 2015
Eight year old Justin Loga Zrango had one dream back in 2002: to become a doctor. He would wake up early; go to school and study hard to make his dream come true. Justin, sisters and a brother, mother and father lived in their farm in the Glanhoue village, region of Danane, in Cote d’Ivoire; a...
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