Disputes - international:
cross-border trafficking in persons, timber, wildlife, and cannabis; rebels from the Movement of Democratic Forces in the Casamance find refuge in Guinea-Bissau
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 13,683 (Mauritania) (2017)
IDPs: 24,000 (clashes between government troops and separatists in Casamance region) (2016)
Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for Southwest and Southeast Asian heroin and South American cocaine moving to Europe and North America; illicit cultivator of cannabis