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Thursday, 20 June, 2002, 13:41 GMT 14:41 UK
In pictures: World's refugees
Afghanistan may provide the world's biggest refugee disaster, but millions more displaced people languish in camps across the world.

Afghan girl refugee outside Islamabad
80% of refugees are children or women

Afghan family outside Islamabad
Afghans have spent years in Pakistan and Iran

Afghan refugees prepare to go home from Pakistan
A million have gone home since the Taleban fell

Hindu refugees at a camp near Jammu
In Kashmir, villagers have fled recent shelling

Somali refugees in Kenya
Across Africa conflicts have uprooted millions

Palestinian woman in Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza Strip
Palestinians have been living in camps for decades

Refugees from Croatia at camp outside Belgrade
Europe has its own refugees who fled Balkan wars


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