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Refugees in Guinea
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5,079
Last updated 31 Mar 2017
Source - UNHCR, Government 
All refugees by origin JSON  .CSV 
Country of origin Source Data date Population
Côte d'Ivoire UNHCR, Government 31 Mar 2017
  88.5% 		4,494
Liberia UNHCR, Government 31 Mar 2017
  5.9% 		299
Sierra Leone UNHCR, Government 31 Mar 2017
  3.4% 		175
Others UNHCR, Government 31 Mar 2017
  0.9% 		48
Central African Rep. UNHCR, Government 31 Mar 2017
  0.7% 		37
Dem. Rep. of the Congo UNHCR, Government 31 Mar 2017
  0.5% 		26


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Last updated 31 Mar 2017
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    The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has a adopted strategies to eradicate statelessness in the sub-region by 2024. During a 3-day ministerial conference that began on Monday in Gambia’s capital Banjul, experts from the bloc’s 15 member states resolved to finalize a plan of acti... Read more

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    DAKAR – West Africa has become the first region in the world to adopt an action plan to end statelessness, aiming to help more than one million people without a nationality gain identity papers with new laws and better data, human rights experts said on Monday. Stateless people, sometimes referred ... Read more

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      Guinea
    Worldbank country facts
    Capital
    Conakry
    Languages
    fr, ff
    Population
    10,628,972
    Area
    245,720 km2
    GDP
    N/A
    GDP growth
    N/A
    Income level
    Low income
    Gini index
    39.4
    Currency
    GNF
    Literacy rate
    N/A