Refugees by country of origin

And where are these refugees now? Data is available for refugees by country of destination though I can't make sense of some it. Earthtrends at http://earthtrends.wri.org/... has a comprehensive table of countries and respective numbers of refugees, also sorted
by world regions. But their table based on 2005/2006 unhcr stats says that Lebanon has 1078 refugees, Syria 26,089, Jordan 965, and Israel 609. Compare these with http://www.mideastweb.org/m... with 2002 stats showing 3.9 million Palestinian refugees in these four countries.
And furthermore, since 2003 there have been unknown hundreds of thousands of displaced Iraqis. Perhaps i have missed something but these stats seem irreconcilable and there are other obvious anomolies. Still, it would be useful to have the variously available tables posted. Someone! While the remainder of the Coalition of the Willing is hoping to start a war with Iran, it might first be worth checking up on the reported 716,403 refugees in Iran. They may well include some refugees whose freedom we (I am an Australian citizen doing the little i can to stop our actions) sought by bombing Iraq and
Afghanistan. Australia by comparison, while preaching freedom, democracy, and affluence, has some 64,000 (0.3% of the population) reported refugees and turns boat people away. Meanwhile Pakistan is reported to have over 1 million refugees, Tanzania has over half a million, Chad and Kenya over a quarter of a million each, and Dem Republic of Congo over 200,000. No doubt several other African stats are higher than two years ago. Imagine spending 5% of the US Defense budget, or even Australia's, on those people -- that might cut down propaganda for terrorism recruitments. Germany is the only developed country with a significantly high number of refugees at 700,000, or over 0.8% of its own population. I wonder are there also stats to indicate trends of refugees from specific origins to specific destinations.

i found these in the UNHCR statistical report - this graph is made from the first 2 tables. refugees by country of origin (where did the refugee come from) and by country of asylum (where did they go to). i haven't uploaded all the data in that report though. perhaps there are more slices - like how many somalis went to yemen. (and why are they being thrown to sharks! http://saraewood.com/2007/0...)

thing here is these numbers are reported by governments and other groups probably have different methods for collecting their indicators. i agree though - the fact that different numbers are used - the examples you point out are excellent - are important. why are people reporting different numbers and how are the indicators defined in the first place?

is there any australian stuff

hallo anonymous! Check http://www.refugeecouncil.o... Also many links on Amnesty site. One extensive site for Australia has info and data until 2005, but is no longer maintained - http://www.refugeesaustrali... Or just Google 'refugees in australia' for an avalanche of links. Officially i doubt that any Australian citizens, except perhaps with dual citizenships, have sought refugee status. Anyone know?