In the first half of 2011, state legislatures in all 50 states and Puerto Rico have introduced a record number of bills or resolutions relating to immigrants or refugees, according to a report by the National Conference of State Legislatures.
The number of Syrians who have fled the country to escape the conflict between the government and rebel forces reached one million earlier this month, according to the UN High Commission for Refugees.
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According to Kenneth Bacon, who heads the group Refugees International, some 1.7 million Iraqis have been displaced from their homes but remain in Iraq.
It already has 322, 000 refugees on its soil, according to latest figures from the UNHCR, the U.N. refugee agency, with another 100, 000 clamoring to cross.
The continuing violence has produced, according to the UN, 300, 000 internal refugees in Darfur since January alone, the highest rate of displacement for several years.
The U.S. has taken in relatively few Iraqi refugees just 466 since 2003, according to Ellen Sauerbrey, the assistant Secretary of State who deals with refugee issues.
According to the International Rescue Committee, about 2.7 million refugees have been resettled in the United States since 1975, and 52, 000 of those have been relocated to Arizona.
According to a 2009 report by the United Nations High Committee on Refugees, cited by Ben Anderson in his Vice News report "The Interpreters", one interpreter was being killed every 36 hours.
More than 260, 000 refugees have fled the instability in northern Mali, according to the U.N, exacerbating the situation.
According to the UN and other international organizations, more than two million Zimbabwean refugees have streamed across the border since 2000.
According to the town's mayor, while some Turkish groups are helping Syrian refugees, only one international group, a German aid organization, is currently in the town.
According to Albanians who translate in Home Office asylum cases, the number of genuine Kosovar refugees arriving in Britain has dropped off in the last couple of months, while the proportion of Albanians from Albania has risen dramatically.
At least 1m refugees escaping from fighting and drought in Afghanistan are now facing famine, according to the United Nations.
According to the U.S. State Department, there are more than 1.7 million Palestinian refugees in Jordan and it may not be the politically wisest time to pick Amman as a presidential speaking venue.
Macedonia is already housing nearly 140, 000 refugees -- 68, 000 in six camps, double the camps' capacity -- according to the U.N.
Afghans have been the world's single largest group of refugees for 19 years in row, due to war, famine, drought and political repression, according to the UNHCR.
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