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Jun 8, 2007, 2:04:52 PM6/8/07

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Dear Friends of PRC,

Refugees languishing year after year in dangerous, inhospitable,
desolate no man's land, near remote and often contested borders are no
one's favorite story. Warehoused refugees have fallen off the radar
screen of international attention and into the Orwellian memory hole.

Over 12 million refugees and displaced people are warehoused in 700
refugee camps around the globe. This World Refugee Day, June 20,
2007, marks 56 years since the establishment of UNHCR, the UN refugee
agency. In honor of lives unlived, we give you the location of 56
refugee camps and the faceless numbers we should never forget.

1. A-baku, Azerbaijan-165,055
2. Aden, Yemen-13,388
3. Adjumani, Uganda-52,046
4. Amman, Jordan-17,544
5. Baghdad, Iraq-22,645
6. Bas Congo, Congo-54,499
7. Beldangi-2, Nepal-22,476
8. Bela Jezova, Czech Republic--154
9. Bogota, Colombia-145
10. Border Area, Papua New Guinea-5,000
11. Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina-1,630
12. Bredjing, Chad-29,026
13. Buduburam, Ghana-39,292
14. Buenos Aires, Argentina-3,899
15. Bialystok-Iga, Poland-290
16. Chisinau, Republic of Moldova--232
17. Dakar, Senegal-3,629
18. Debrecen, Hungary-197
19. Dukuri, Botswana-2,995
20. Fugnido (Gambella), Ethiopia-26,591
21. Gomel Region, Belarus--103
22. Guangxi, China-112,268
23. Hagadera (Dadaab), Kenya-- 138,129
24. Istanbul, Turkey-2,423
25. Jabalia (Jabaliya), Gaza Strip--103,646
26. Jaque, Panama-323
27. Kabul, Afghanistan-84,068
28. Kerman, Iran-12,756
29. Kuwait City, Kuwait-1,726
30. La Paz, Bolivia-325
31. Lebep Province, Turkmenistan-6,034
32. Lima, Peru-1,184
33. Ljubljana, Slovenia-249
34. Lugufu, Tanzania-90,809
35. Mae La (Thasongyang), Thailand-38,143
36. Mexico City, Mexico-3,036
37. Montevido, Uruguay-130
38. Moscow City, Russian Federation--203
39. Nayapara, Bangladesh-12,472
40. New Delhi, India-11,659
41. Nouakchott, Mauritania--724
42. Osire, Namibia-6,206
43. Rafha, Saudi Arabia--363
44. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil-2,006
45. Salala, Liberia-27,493
46. Santiago, Chile-913
47. Seoul, Republic of Korea--588
48. Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro-205,084
49. Sofia, Bulgaria--822
50. Tachira, Venezuela-2,196
51. Tashkent, Uzebkistan-10,095
52. Timisoara, Romania--365
53. Tindouf, Algeria-90,000
54. Quito, Ecuador-5,687
55. Yaounde, Cameroon-49,102
56. Zallingei Au, Sudan-64,227

Khadra Mohammed
Executive Director
Pittsburgh Refugee Center
1835 Centre Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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