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2015 likely to break records for forced displacement - study
18 Dec 2015 This year is on track to see worldwide forced displacement exceeding 60 million for the first time, UNHCR study of first half year data finds -
UNHCR report confirms worldwide rise in forced displacement in first half 2015
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UNHCR report shows leap in asylum applications for industrialized countries
21 Mar 2014 The "Asylum Trends 2013" report says 612,700 people applied for asylum in North America, Europe, East Asia and the Pacific last year – the highest total for any year since 2001. -
UNHCR report warns of unusually large numbers of forcibly displaced this year
20 Dec 2013 The report said 5.9 million people were forced to flee their homes in the first six months, compared with 7.6 million for all of 2012. Syria was the biggest producer. -
Bonjour, Za'atari
27 Aug 2013 They call it the Champs-Élysees. But we're a long way from Paris. -
New UNHCR report says global forced displacement at 18-year high
19 Jun 2013 During 2012 crises around the world created a new refugee or internally displaced person every 4.1 seconds -
Syria conflict contributing to rising asylum claims in industrialized countries
20 Mar 2013 Some 479,300 asylum claims were registered across the 44 countries surveyed in UNHCR's Asylum Trends 2012 report, the highest annual total since 2003 -
Global Trends Report: 800,000 new refugees in 2011, highest this century
18 Jun 2012 Over 10 years, growing numbers affected by displacement. Some 7 million refugees of concern to UNHCR have been in exile for at least five years. -
Asylum claims in industrialized countries up sharply in 2011
27 Mar 2012 An estimated 441,300 asylum claims were recorded last year compared to 368,000 in 2010. The report covers 44 countries.