About one-third of the Afghan people have fled the country since the Soviet invasion in 1979.

The town has a population of 15,000, many of whom have fled since the crackdown.

At least 470,094 Iraqis have fled their homes since February.

An estimated 10,000 ethnic Albanians have fled since Sunday and the flow is increasing.

Millions of Tehran's tagboutis, the "idle rich," had fled since the revolution.

So do summer homes to which urbanites have annually fled since the time of ancient Rome.

An estimated 5,200 people have fled the town since the start of the month ahead of the offensive.

Most are thought to have fled their homes since the Feb. 22 shrine attack.

More than 200,000 people have fled their homes since the spring.

An appalling 1.5 million Vietnamese and other Indochinese have fled since 1975.