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UNHCR Report Says Refugee Population Rises to Almost 10 Million

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Press release: “The UN refugee agency announced on Tuesday that the number of refugees in the world has increased for the first time since 2002, largely as a result of the crisis in Iraq. UNHCR’s “2006 Global Trends” report, released today, shows the number of refugees under the agency’s mandate rising last year by 14 percent to almost 10 million, the highest level since 2002. At the same time, the share of other categories of people under the agency’s different mandates also grew sharply, in most cases as a result of improved registration systems and more accurate statistics.”

  • 2006 Global Trends: Refugees, Asylum-seekers, Returnees, Internally Displaced and Stateless Persons (108 pages, PDF)
  • UNHCR Field Information and Coordination Support Section – statistics pages
  • UNHCR Statistical Online Population Database, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
  • Refworld – “Refworld is the leading source of information necessary for taking quality decisions on refugee status. Refworld contains a vast collection of reports relating to situations in countries of origin, policy documents and positions, and documents relating to international and national legal frameworks. The information has been carefully selected and compiled from UNHCR’s global network of field offices, Governments, international, regional and non-governmental organizations, academic institutions and judicial bodies.”
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