![Las personas desplazadas en México se enfrentan a una mayor inseguridad debido a la COVID-19, siendo la población hondureña y salvadoreña la que corre mayor riesgo](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20220625012623im_/https://www.unhcr.org/blogs/wp-content/uploads/sites/48/2022/05/RF1193348-1080x675.jpg)
![Las personas desplazadas en México se enfrentan a una mayor inseguridad debido a la COVID-19, siendo la población hondureña y salvadoreña la que corre mayor riesgo](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20220625012623im_/https://www.unhcr.org/blogs/wp-content/uploads/sites/48/2022/05/RF1193348-1080x675.jpg)
![Las personas desplazadas en México se enfrentan a una mayor inseguridad debido a la COVID-19, siendo la población hondureña y salvadoreña la que corre mayor riesgo](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20220625012623im_/https://www.unhcr.org/blogs/wp-content/uploads/sites/48/2022/05/RF1193348-1080x675.jpg)
Displaced persons in Mexico face heightened insecurity due to COVID-19, with Hondurans and Salvadorans most at risk
The survey shows that displaced Honduran and Salvadoran households are notably worse off in nearly all measures compared to the Venezuelan population and host community, a fact that must be taken into consideration when designing public policies and programmes for these populations.
![Rising role of impact evaluations in evidence-based programming for forcibly displaced persons and host communities](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20220625012623im_/https://www.unhcr.org/blogs/wp-content/uploads/sites/48/2022/04/LIvelihoodsForRohingyaRefugeeWomen-JuteProduction-1080x675.jpg)
Rising role of impact evaluations in evidence-based programming for forcibly displaced persons and host communities
A growing body of impact studies are providing rich insights on the effectiveness of interventions in forced displacement settings and ways to undertake rigorous evaluations in these settings.
![Annual Statistical Report: Experience from the Americas](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20220625012623im_/https://www.unhcr.org/blogs/wp-content/uploads/sites/48/2022/02/RF1193407_20211126_Saltillo_RSE_DSC02613-1-1080x675.jpg)
Annual Statistical Report: Experience from the Americas
The DIMA Statistics team within the Regional Bureau of UNHCR in the Americas applies multiple strategies to improve the data quality of the 2021 Annual Statistical Report submission in line with the United Nations Statistics Quality Assurance Framework and UNHCR’s draft Statistical Quality Assurance Framework, which will be published later in 2022. In this post, we will present and explain these strategies.
![2021 for UNHCR’s Microdata Library: What did we achieve?](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20220625012623im_/https://www.unhcr.org/blogs/wp-content/uploads/sites/48/2022/02/RF1199616_BC_65-1080x675.jpg)
2021 for UNHCR’s Microdata Library: What did we achieve?
By Andrea Pellandra and Sofia Sacks Ferrari, Global Data Service © UNHCR/Amos Halder: Bangladesh. Rohingya refugees receive health and nutrition support in the health centres in Bhasan Char island. The health, protection, and socio-economic crises caused by COVID-19...![Predicting refugee flows with big data: a new opportunity or a pipe dream?](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20220625012623im_/https://www.unhcr.org/blogs/wp-content/uploads/sites/48/2022/01/RF2127943_Rohingya_26_Sept_2017_007-1080x675.jpg)
Predicting refugee flows with big data: a new opportunity or a pipe dream?
Big data can greatly improve early warning systems for humanitarian emergencies. But they must include potentially “invisible” populations, protect privacy rights, and be usable in cross-border settings.
![Taking stock: two years after the Global Compact’s call for more data and evidence on forced displacement](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20220625012623im_/https://www.unhcr.org/blogs/wp-content/uploads/sites/48/2021/09/RF1161671_IMG_4053-3-1080x675.jpg)
Taking stock: two years after the Global Compact’s call for more data and evidence on forced displacement
More than two years after the Global Compact’s call for more data and evidence on forced displacement, progress has been made. What are some of the trends in the emerging research?
![COVID-19 socioeconomic impact worsens for refugees in Uganda](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20220625012623im_/https://www.unhcr.org/blogs/wp-content/uploads/sites/48/2021/11/20200628-uganda-refugees-1140x500-1-1080x500.jpg)
COVID-19 socioeconomic impact worsens for refugees in Uganda
Evidence shows that refugees will require continued and strengthened support during and after the pandemic to escape the “poverty trap” that can have a lasting impact across several generations.
![EGRIS International Recommendations: Dissemination in Central Americas](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20220625012623im_/https://www.unhcr.org/blogs/wp-content/uploads/sites/48/2021/07/EGRIS-International-Recommendations-1080x675.jpg)
EGRIS International Recommendations: Dissemination in Central Americas
On the 7th and 8th of June 2021, UNHCR together with CENTROESTAD-SICA convened a virtual workshop on ‘The Implementation of the International Recommendations on Forced Displacement Statistics of the Expert Group on Refugee and IDP Statistics (EGRIS)’ with the objective to raise awareness on the international recommendations and discuss their implementation in the region.
![Opening data to expand our knowledge: VASyR 2020 in the Microdata Library](https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20220625012623im_/https://www.unhcr.org/blogs/wp-content/uploads/sites/48/2021/04/RF2248225_08292019_TalAlDaman_PHCPDM_HCR_AChnkdji_7450-1080x675.jpg)
Opening data to expand our knowledge: VASyR 2020 in the Microdata Library
The Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon (VASyR), the most extensive assessment on refugees jointly conducted in Lebanon by UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP, and one of the only ones conducted face-to-face during the COVID-19 pandemic, has completed its eight round.