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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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    UNOWAS: Statement by Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas

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    Press Release GPC: Kampala Convention - UN expert welcomes the establishment of the Conference of States Parties

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    Action de solidarité 2017: Rapport

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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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    The 2017 Solidarity Action: Declaration of the Solidarity Mission of the WG on Women, Youth, Peace, and Security in West Africa and the Sah...

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

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    Fact Sheet
    Published: 28 February 2017 (3 months ago)
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    UNHCR Gambia Factsheet November - December 2016

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    Fact Sheet
    Published: 30 December 2016 (5 months ago)
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    UNHCR Gambia Factsheet July-September

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    Published: 30 September 2016 (8 months ago)
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    UNHCR Gambia Factsheet Jan_March 2016

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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
    Published: 17 November 2016 (7 months ago)
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    UNHCR West Africa 2016 Funding Update as of 8 November 2016

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    UNHCR West Africa 2016 Funding Update
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    UNHCR West Africa 2016 Funding Update as of 31 October 2016

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    UNHCR West Africa 2016 Funding Update as of 31 October 2016
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    UNHCR Gambia Situation Map (19 January 2017)

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    Map
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    UNHCR Gambia Situation Map (22 January 2017)

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    Africa - UNHCR Presence

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    UNHCR Presence map
    Published: 3 May 2016 (1 year ago)
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    RMMS: West Africa Monthly Mixed Migration Summary March 2017

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    Summary
    Published: 30 March 2017 (2 months ago)
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    OCHA Rapport de Suivi Periodique juillet - decembre 2016

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    RMMS: West Africa Monthly Mixed Migration Summary

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    Summary
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    Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel

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    Published: 19 December 2016 (6 months ago)
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    Rapport du Secrétaire général sur les activités du Bureau des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest et le Sahel

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    Food Security and Humanitarian Implications in West Africa and the Sahel

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    Food Security and Humanitarian Implications in West Africa and the Sahel
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    Impact Evaluations on the Contribution of Food Assistance to Durable Solutions in Protracted Refugee Situations

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    Synthesis Report of the Joint WFP and UNHCR Impact Evaluations
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    UNHCR’S Strategic Directions 2017–2021

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    Strategic directions
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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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    COMMUNIQUÉ
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    The Gambia: Displacement

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    Briefing note
    Published: 26 January 2017 (4 months ago)
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    West and Central Africa: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (17 - 23 January 2017)

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    Flash report sur la situation des Gambiens en Guinée-Bissau

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    MHub Survey Snapshot

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    MHub is undertaking field surveys with migrants, refugees and asylum seekers along key migratory routes to build up a body of data over time and to map country and regional level mixed migration trend...
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    UNOWAS E-MAGAZINE ISSUE 2 : “NOT TO TAKE OUR EYES OFF THE BALL” (DEC 2016)

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    OCHA Gambia : Who does What Where (09 Jan 2017)

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    UNOWAS: Statement by Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas

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    Press Release GPC: Kampala Convention - UN expert welcomes the establishment of the Conference of States Parties

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    Action de solidarité 2017: Rapport

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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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    Banjul, The Gambia, 31st March 2017
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  •    Situations related to this country
    • Gambia - Stateless in West Africa

      According to UNHCR estimates, statelessness affects up to 10 million people worldwide, over 1 million of which are in West Africa. There are many factors contributing to the risk of statelessness in the region, which suggest that the population at risk is very large.


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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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    ECOWAS works towards eradicating statelessness in west Africa

    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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    West Africa acts to end statelessness

    Namibian, 10 May 2017

    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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    Apatridie: l'Afrique de l'Ouest première région à adopter un plan d'éradication

    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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    ReliefWeb
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    UNHCR West Africa Statelessness
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      Gambia
    Worldbank country facts
    Capital
    Banjul
    Languages
    en
    Population
    1,882,450
    Area
    10,120 km2
    GDP
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    GDP growth
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    Income level
    Low income
    Gini index
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