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UNHCR global refugee tally at 26-year low, but more internally displaced
9 Jun 2006 UNHCR's annual global count of uprooted people shows that the number of refugees fell from 9.5 million in 2004 to 8.4 million last year. But the overall number of concern for the agency rose 1.3 million to 20.8 million during the same period because of UNHCR's expanded role in caring for the world's internally displaced people, according to the "2005 Global Refugee Trends" report. -
2005 asylum statistics for industrialized countries
17 Mar 2006 -
Number of asylum seekers halved since 2001, says UNHCR
17 Mar 2006 -
UNHCR: Asylum applications in the last five years drop by half
17 Mar 2006 Asylum applications in industrialized countries fell sharply for the fourth year in a row in 2005, reaching their lowest level in almost two decades, according to preliminary annual figures released by the UN refugee agency on Friday. -
Second quarter asylum statistics for industrialized countries
6 Sep 2005 -
Asylum applications continue to tumble in industrialized countries
6 Sep 2005 The number of asylum seekers arriving in industrialized countries has continued to fall during the first half of 2005, maintaining the sharp downward trend that began in 2002, according to figures released by the UN refugee agency on Tuesday. -
UNHCR annual global statistics published today
17 Jun 2005 -
Fall in refugee numbers, but rise in others of concern in 2004, says UNHCR
17 Jun 2005 The UN refugee agency today announced that while the global number of refugees fell 4 percent in 2004 to 9.2 million, the lowest total in almost a quarter of a century, the numbers of internally displaced and stateless people remain high. -
UNHCR's global refugee figure lowest since 1980, internal displacement, statelessness remain high
17 Jun 2005