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Refugees in The Gambia
All refugees JSON 
7,944
Last updated 31 May 2017
Source - Government, UNHCR 
All refugees by origin JSON  .CSV 
Country of origin Source Data date Population
Senegal Government, UNHCR 31 May 2017
  94.1% 		7,478
Côte d'Ivoire Government, UNHCR 31 May 2017
  2.4% 		190
Sierra Leone Government, UNHCR 31 May 2017
  1.5% 		120
Liberia Government, UNHCR 31 May 2017
  0.8% 		67
Others Government, UNHCR 31 May 2017
  0.6% 		48
Dem. Rep. of the Congo Government, UNHCR 31 May 2017
  0.5% 		41


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Last updated 31 May 2017
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    Banjul, The Gambia, 28-31 March 2017
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    The 2017 Solidarity Action: Report (EN)

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    Banjul, The Gambia, 28-31 March 2017
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    UNHCR Gambia Factsheet January - February 2017

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    West Africa 2016 Funding Update as of 17 November 2016

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    West Africa 2016 Funding Update as of 17 November 2016
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    UNHCR Gambia Situation Map (19 January 2017)

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    RMMS: West Africa Monthly Mixed Migration Summary March 2017

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    RMMS: West Africa Monthly Mixed Migration Summary

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    Impact Evaluations on the Contribution of Food Assistance to Durable Solutions in Protracted Refugee Situations

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    The 647th meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council on the post-election situation in The Islamic Republic of The Gambia

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    The Gambia: Displacement

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    UNOWAS E-MAGAZINE ISSUE 2 : “NOT TO TAKE OUR EYES OFF THE BALL” (DEC 2016)

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    Statelessness: Over 40m children are unregistered in West Africa —UNICEF

    Nigerian Tribune, 11 May 2017

    Ms Marie-Pierre Poirier, Regional Director, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), says about 40 million children under five are unregistered in the West African region Poirier made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Banjul at the end of the Ministerial... Read more

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    Africanews, 10 May 2017

    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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    Afrique Expansion, 10 May 2017

    La Communauté économique des Etats d'Afrique de l'Ouest (Cédéao) est devenue officiellement mardi la première organisation régionale à adopter un plan d'élimination de l'apatridie, lors d'une conférence ministérielle à Banjul, la capitale gambienne. Le Haut commissariat de l'ONU pour les réfugiés... Read more

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      Gambia
    Worldbank country facts
    Capital
    Banjul
    Languages
    en
    Population
    1,882,450
    Area
    10,120 km2
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    Low income
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