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Figures out today show that the number of people forcibly uprooted by conflict and persecution worldwide stood at 42m. And that's NOT including the thousands displaced by violent conflicts in Sri Lanka and the Swat Valley in Pakistan

The total includes 16m refugees and asylum seekers and 26m people uprooted within their own countries - internally displaced people, or IDPs. The figures come from the UNHCR, the world's main refugee body in its annual Global
Trends report released today.

Political campaigns may be launched on refugees in the west but the figures show that 80% of the world's refugees are in developing nations, as are the vast majority of internally displaced people. Many have been uprooted for years with no end in sight.

These are the figures - let us know what you think

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COUNTRY	Total refugees	Internally Displaced Persons	Total population of concern
Afghanistan	37	230670	515659
Albania	65	0	87
Algeria	94093	0	94991
Angola	12710	0	28947
Argentina	2845	0	3576
Armenia	3953	0	4125
Australia	20919	0	23078
Austria	37557	0	74714
Azerbaijan	2061	603251	607903
Bahrain	48	0	97
Bangladesh	28389	0	28392
Belarus	609	0	10901
Belgium	17026	0	31837
Belize	277	0	284
Benin	6933	0	7145
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	664	0	755
Bosnia and Herzegovina	7257	124529	194448
Botswana	3019	0	3201
Brazil	3852	0	4369
Bulgaria	5129	0	6208
Burkina Faso	557	0	1161
Burundi	21093	100000	221751
Cambodia	164	0	225
Cameroon	81037	0	83268
Canada	173651	0	227853
Central African Rep.	7429	197000	205901
Chad	330510	166718	539312
Chile	1613	0	2503
China	300967	0	300991
Colombia	170	3000000	3000294
Comoros	0	0	0
Congo, Rep. of	24779	0	28139
Costa Rica	18136	0	18599
Côte d'Ivoire	24811	683956	734205
Croatia	1597	2497	33943
Cuba	525	0	535
Cyprus	1465	0	9479
Czech Rep.	2110	0	3558
Dem. Rep. of the Congo	155162	1460102	1669323
Denmark	23401	0	27615
Djibouti	9228	0	9656
Ecuador	101398	0	135317
Egypt	97861	0	112605
El Salvador	32	0	32
Equatorial Guinea	0	0	1
Eritrea	4862	0	5084
Estonia	22	0	110344
Ethiopia	83583	0	85417
Fiji	0	0	6
Finland	6617	0	10756
France	160017	0	194726
Gabon	9001	0	13307
Gambia	14836	0	14836
Georgia	996	293048	398407
Germany	582735	0	647852
Ghana	18206	0	18696
Greece	2164	0	40483
Guatemala	130	0	135
Guinea	21488	0	22125
Guinea-Bissau	7884	0	8211
Haiti	3	0	3
Honduras	24	0	24
Hong Kong SAR, China	103	0	1215
Hungary	7750	0	10512
Iceland	49	0	213
India	184543	0	188328
Indonesia	369	0	726
Iraq	39503	2647251	3140345
Ireland	9730	0	14342
Islamic Rep. of Iran	980109	0	981911
Israel	9137	0	14870
Italy	47061	0	47783
Japan	2019	0	5880
Jordan	500413	0	501099
Kazakhstan	4352	0	12080
Kenya	320605	404000	1180088
Kuwait	38238	0	132886
Kyrgyzstan	375	0	21083
Lao People's Dem. Rep.	0	0	0
Latvia	32	0	365485
Lebanon	50419	0	50943
Lesotho	0	0	0
Liberia	10224	0	21066
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	6713	0	11547
Liechtenstein	89	0	103
Lithuania	751	0	6751
Luxembourg	3109	0	3300
Madagascar	0	0	0
Malawi	4175	0	10716
Malaysia	36671	0	147312
Mali	9578	0	11494
Malta	4331	0	4834
Mauritania	27041	0	34139
Mauritius	0	0	0
Mexico	1055	0	1073
Micronesia (Federated States of)	1	0	1
Mongolia	11	0	369
Montenegro	24741	0	26242
Morocco	766	0	1235
Mozambique	3163	0	7619
Myanmar	0	67290	790861
Namibia	6799	0	8142
Nepal	124832	0	925873
Netherlands	77600	0	91934
New Zealand	2716	0	2868
Nicaragua	147	0	147
Niger	320	0	344
Nigeria	10124	0	11344
Norway	36101	0	50217
Occupied Palestinian Territory	0	0	4
Oman	7	0	54
Pakistan	1780935	155809	1939700
Panama	16913	0	17515
Papua New Guinea	10006	0	10013
Paraguay	75	0	79
Peru	1075	0	1663
Philippines	104	0	280
Poland	12774	0	18016
Portugal	403	0	676
Qatar	13	0	1250
Rep. of Korea	172	0	1697
Rep. of Moldova	148	0	1988
Romania	1596	0	2152
Russian Federation	3479	91505	147950
Rwanda	55062	0	67204
Saint Lucia	0	0	1
Sao Tome and Principe	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	240572	0	310764
Senegal	33193	0	35889
Serbia	96739	225879	341083
Sierra Leone	7826	0	8476
Singapore	10	0	10
Slovakia	317	0	1535
Slovenia	268	0	4442
Somalia	1842	1277200	1289764
South Africa	43546	0	270671
Spain	4661	0	4687
Sri Lanka	269	504800	528001
Sudan	181605	1201040	1499683
Suriname	1	0	1
Swaziland	775	0	1220
Sweden	77038	0	107376
Switzerland	46132	0	63370
Syrian Arab Rep.	1105698	0	1407949
Tajikistan	1799	0	2094
TfYR Macedonia	1672	0	2823
Thailand	112932	0	3625510
Timor-Leste	1	15860	15877
Togo	9377	0	14627
Trinidad and Tobago	33	0	132
Tunisia	94	0	145
Turkey	11103	0	21261
Turkmenistan	79	0	8580
Uganda	162132	853000	1627479
Ukraine	7201	0	64858
United Arab Emirates	209	0	274
United Kingdom	292096.73	0	306701.73
United Rep. of Tanzania	321909	0	322163
United States	279548.2	0	348776.2
Uruguay	145	0	184
Uzbekistan	821	0	826
Vanuatu	3	0	4
Venezuela (Boliv. Rep. of)	201161	0	213097
Viet Nam	2357	0	9872
Yemen	140169	100000	241000
Zambia	83485	0	83542
Zimbabwe	3468	0	3998
Various	0	0	49
Grand Total	10478620.93	14405405	34415750.93
UNHCR-Bureaux
Central Africa-Great Lakes	1005982	1923820	3150369
East and Horn of Africa	763857	3735240	5697171
Southern Africa	161140	0	418056
Western Africa	175357	683956	909619
Asia and Pacific	3596065	974429	10089322
Middle East and North Africa	2350994	2747251	6056197
Europe	1621752.73	1340709	4118020.73
Americas	803473.2	3000000	3976947.2
Various	0	0	49
Total	10478620.93	14405405	34415750.93
UN major regions
Africa	2498329	5888837	10731653
Asia	6300753	4285844	13725462
Europe	1569430.73	565636	3034055.73
Latin America and the Caribbean	530550	3000000	3571746
Northern America	456960.2	0	578357.2
Oceania	34910	0	36612
Various	0	0	38
Total	11390932.93	13740317	31677923.93

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I'd started writing this post back during the Iranian elections when I was delighted to see the voice that Twitter was giving the oppressed voters of Iran.

Since then Twitter has gone on to prove as equally as powerful a tool and voice of free speech for numerous other causes.

Recently we've seen the Trafigura case and almost on the same day the Jan Moir story recieve the Twitter megaphone treatment.

A publishing tool with the ingredients that Twitter offers has never been available before and it seems those components are ideally suited to the domain of public opinion and free speech.

I spoke recently of Twitter and other social media platforms power to enable human intrigue and self involvement. The adoption of social platforms in these other mentioned cases are tapping into similar elements of the human psyche, those that cause us to express outrage and opinion.

Twitter and it's brief format involves less cognitive involvement and effort to enable the expression of opinion than the writing of blog articles or an Amnesty International style fax campaign.

The viral nature of the RT and then promotion or highlighting of a news event in the trending topics creates a buzz about the network that encourages all users to investigate further and perhaps get involved in the process themselves.

Its multi-interface availability and relatively simple API and publish process allow it to produce content from locations that might otherwise be problematic, bypassing issues of political censorship or mobility.

The most commonly used applications and the Twitter web interface are simple to use, allowing most with even the most basic grasp of technology to get involved in a trending topic or developing news item quickly.

There is however a downside or at least another side to this simple and readily available functionality.

With the same ease that some people access a story in order to add a positive element to a campaign, others can access it to add not so positive input to a campaign.

Towards the end of the Jan Moir story, or the orchestrated campaign as she so named it, there was an uglier side to some peoples involvement. One driven by emotive passion, I suspect in most cases, with physical threats to Jan Moir apparently appearing. I didn't witness these, but I'm not surprised or alarmed that they did occur.

With this easy access will inevitably come other opinions that might not please all, but hey this is the nature of free speech. As with the printed press in this country, of which Jan Moir is a contributor, there are plenty of articles published that we won't all agree with.

The latest case of unfounded repute is currently doing the rounds, with Twitter seemingly reporting the demise of rapper Kayne West.

It is it's own beast. This is the beauty of Twitter that will continue to keep it in the public spotlight, much to the delight of many and the annoyance of a few.