Global: 11 million refugees worldwide

The number of refugees around the world rose by one million in 2004, to 11.5 million, according to the United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. People fleeing Sudan's troubled Darfur region to Chad and Iraqis crossing into Syria contributed to the increase, the private aid group said in its annual survey. Last year the committee started a campaign to end the protracted encampment of refugees, a practice it labelled "warehousing."