[It is often claimed](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/02/the-forgotten-story-of-european-refugee-camps-in-the-middle-east/?utm_term=.341ab1bfd821) that Europe must accept refugees because the Middle East and Africa has accepted European refugees during World War 2. 

But are there any precise statistics to show how many refugees were accepted by sovereign countries in those regions? Obviously it has to exclude territories that were European colonies at the time since those didn't really have a say in external matters.