United Nations

Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis

                        Population Division

               International Migration Policies, 1995

                   LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

                
                                      Number of
                Region and            refugees,
                country               1995
                ------------------   ------------
                
                Caribbean
                
                Antigua and Barbuda         ..
                ---------------------------------
                Bahamas                     ..
                ---------------------------------
                Barbados                    ..
                ---------------------------------
                Cuba                     2,002
                ---------------------------------
                Dominica                    ..
                ---------------------------------
                Dominican Republic       1,252
                ---------------------------------
                Grenada                     ..
                ---------------------------------
                Haiti                       ..
                ---------------------------------
                Jamaica                     41
                ---------------------------------
                Saint Kitts and Nevis       ..
                ---------------------------------
                Saint Lucia                 ..
                ---------------------------------
                Saint Vincent and
                  the Grenadines            ..
                ---------------------------------
                Trinidad and Tobago         ..
                ---------------------------------
                
                
                Central America
                
                Belize                   8,830
                ---------------------------------
                Costa Rica              24,630
                ---------------------------------
                El Salvador                156
                ---------------------------------
                Guatemala                4,672
                ---------------------------------
                Honduras                   104
                ---------------------------------
                Mexico                  47,363
                ---------------------------------
                Nicaragua                  314
                ---------------------------------
                Panama                     972
                ---------------------------------
                
                
                South America
                
                Argentina               11,901
                ---------------------------------
                Bolivia                    734
                ---------------------------------
                Brazil                   2,223
                ---------------------------------
                Chile                      217
                ---------------------------------
                Colombia                   316
                ---------------------------------
                Ecuador                    244
                ---------------------------------
                Guyana                      ..
                ---------------------------------
                Paraguay                    60
                ---------------------------------
                Peru                       659
                ---------------------------------
                Suriname                    39
                ---------------------------------
                Uruguay                    113
                ---------------------------------
                Venezuela                2,177
                ---------------------------------

                

Definitions:
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Number of refugees, 1995 refers to estimated total number of refugees,
as defined in the 1951 United Nations Convention relating to the Status of
Refugees, as at 1 January 1995.



Notes:
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Two dots (..) indicate that data are not readily available.



Sources:
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International Migration Policies (United Nations publication, forthcoming)

Global Population Policy Database, 1993 (United Nations publication,
Sales No. E.95.XIII.9)

World Population Prospects: The 1994 Revision (United Nations publication,
Sales No. E.95.XIII.16)

United Nations Demographic Yearbook (various issues)

Databases of the Department for Economic and Social Information and
Policy Analysis of the United Nations Secretariat, such as Trends
in Total Migrant Stock, Diskette Documentation, 1995 (POP/1B/DB/95/1)
and the Population Policy Data Bank, both maintained by the Population
Division, and the MEDS database maintained by the Macroeconomic and
Social Policy Analysis Division

Information Paper, 1994 (Geneva, Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner For Refugees, 1994)

Population of Concern to UNHCR:  A Statistical Overview, 1993 (Geneva,
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees, 1994)





United Nations publication, (ST/ESA/SER.A/154), Sales No. E.96.XIII.7
Copyright (C) United Nations 1996