Note: According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) an asylum seeker is an individual seeking international protection and whose refugee status is yet to be determined.
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Number of refugees and refugee applications from Afghanistan 2001-2019
As of 2019, *** thousand afghans applied for asylum and *** million for a refugee status. At the beginning of the Afghanistan war in 2001 ** thousand applied for asylum and *** million for a refugee status.
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Brookings Institution. (August 25, 2020). Number of refugees and asylum seeker applications originating from Afghanistan from 2001 to 2019 (in million) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 30, 2026, from /statistics/742738/number-of-refugees-from-afghanistan/
Brookings Institution. "Number of refugees and asylum seeker applications originating from Afghanistan from 2001 to 2019 (in million)." Chart. August 25, 2020. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 30, 2026. /statistics/742738/number-of-refugees-from-afghanistan/
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