Statistics on Uprooted Peoples -
The Americas and the Caribbean

There were 648,900 refugees and asylum seekers in the Americas and the Caribbean from a wide range of countries at the end of 2006. The United States was host to 147,200 of them.

Principal sources of refugees
Colombia	453,300

Learn more about CWS efforts to bring peace in Colombia.

Principal hosts of refugees were Venezuela (208,500) and Ecuador (207,500).

Church World Service resettled 203 refugees from Latin America in Fiscal Year 2007 (Oct. 1, 2006-Sept. 30, 2007).

Along with its resettlement of refugees, CWS/IRP participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cuban/Haitian Program by providing services to newly arrived entrants to the U.S. To learn more about this program visit our Miami Office.

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Displaced children in Boquilla, Colombia. At the end of 2005, Colombia had the world’s second largest internally displaced population, due to conflict, political violence, and human rights violations, according to the U.S. Committee for Refugees. Only Sudan had more.

Photo: Susan Riveles / CWS

Pan y paz (“bread and peace”), a Colombian roadside mural depicting the longings of the country's people, especially the uprooted.

Photo: Samuel Lobato / CWS

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Statistics on Uprooted Peoples - The Americas and the Caribbean

There were 648,900 refugees and asylum seekers in the Americas and the Caribbean from a wide range of countries at the end of 2006. The United States was host to 147,200 of them.

Statistics on Uprooted Peoples -
The Americas and the Caribbean