Members of the Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have expressed concern over the high number of refugees in the region. A conference heard that the seven member states host 11 million refugees, internally displaced persons, returnees and other war victims, which is equal to eight per cent of the region's total population. Of these, more than 50 per cent are in Kenya. The figure, it was noted, represents 66 per cent of Africa's internally displaced population and 30 per cent of the world's displaced people.