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Refugees in Mauritania

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All refugees JSON  .CSV 
59,821
Last updated 31 Aug 2019
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All refugees by origin JSON  .CSV 
Country of origin Source Data date Population
Mali UNHCR, Government 31 Aug 2019
  97.3% 		58,225
Central African Rep. UNHCR, Government 31 Aug 2019
  1.0% 		619
Others UNHCR, Government 31 Aug 2019
  0.6% 		369
Syrian Arab Rep. UNHCR, Government 31 Aug 2019
  0.6% 		346
Côte d'Ivoire UNHCR, Government 31 Aug 2019
  0.4% 		262


Malian refugees by location JSON  .CSV 
Location name Source Data date Population
Hodh Ech Chargui UNHCR, Government 31 Aug 2019
  100.0% 		58,225

Malian refugees in M'bera refugee camp since 2012 JSON  .CSV 
Note
  • No voluntary returns of Malian refugees have been facilitated from Mauritania since November 2017
Registered voluntary Malian refugee returnees since 2013 (non-cumulative) JSON  .CSV 
Asylum seekers JSON  .CSV 
1,337
Last updated 31 Aug 2019
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      Following violence, hostilities, human rights violations and a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in the northern part of Mali since January 2012, large numbers of Malians have been seeking refuge in Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Niger or displaced internally.


    Malian refugee demography JSON  .CSV 
    Source - UNHCR, Government
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    Capital
    Nouakchott
    Languages
    ar
    Population
    3,631,775
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    Gini index
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