In 2021, the highest number of refugees in the Asia-Pacific region came from Afghanistan. There were approximately 2.7 million refugees who came from Afghanistan in that year. In comparison, there were over one thousand refugees who came from Malaysia in 2021.
Number of refugees from the Asia-Pacific region in 2021, by country of origin
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