Table 2. Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and others of concern to UNHCR by origin, end-2005
Source: 2005 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 2 June 2006.

Notes
The data are generally provided by Governments, based on their own definitions and methods of data collection.
1 Persons recognized as refugees under the 1951 UN Convention/1967 Protocol, the 1969 OAU Convention, in accordance with the UNHCR Statute, persons granted a complementary form of protection and those granted temporary protection.
2 Persons whose application for asylum or refugee status is pending at any stage in the procedure.
3 Refugees who have returned to their place of origin during the calendar year. Source: Country of origin and country of asylum.
4 Persons who are displaced within their country and to whom UNHCR extends protection and/or assistance.
5 IDPs of concern to UNHCR who have returned to their place of origin during the calendar year.
6 Persons who are not considered nationals by any country under the operation of its laws. See Table 15 for further details.
7 Persons of concern to UNHCR not included in the previous columns. See Table 16 for further details.
8 UNHCR figures for Pakistan only include Afghans living in camps who are assisted by UNHCR. According to a 2005 government census of Afghans in Pakistan and subsequent voluntary repatriation during the year, there are an additional 1.5 million Afghans living outside camps, some of whom may be refugees. Those Afghans living outside camps receive no UNHCR assistance except access to UNHCR-facilitated voluntary repatriation.
9 This figure only refers to Palestinians under the UNHCR mandate.
10 According to the Government of Algeria, there are an estimated 165,000 Sahrawi refugees in Tindouf camps.