7. Kenya
Number of refugees: 553K
Keeping things on the African continent, up next is Kenya, home to over 553,000 refugees at the end of last year. With over 44.3 million citizens, Kenya is one of the most populated countries on the African continent. Lying straight on the equator, the country borders Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Somalia, as well as the Indian Ocean.
Taking into consideration the political climate in the countries surrounding it, as well as the civil unrest in some of them, there’s no surprise there are so many refugees hoping to call Kenya home, at least for a while.
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