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Asylum Research Centre (ARC)
10
Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal
1,398
Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD)
33
Canada: Federal Court of Appeal
5
Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
41,948
Country of Origin Research and Information (CORI)
30
European Union: European Asylum Support Office (EASO)
5
Forum 18
2
Human Rights Watch
1
Immigration Advisory Service (IAS)
1
Immigration Law Practitioners' Association (ILPA)
1
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
2
Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre
716
Norway: Landinfo - Country of Origin Information Centre
19
Swiss Refugee Council
41
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
2
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2
United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services
282
Afghanistan
453
Albania
478
Algeria
442
American Samoa
1
Angola
298
Antigua and Barbuda
30
Argentina
456
Armenia
91
Aruba
2
Australia
57
Austria
26
Azerbaijan
171
Bahamas
23
Bahrain
25
Bangladesh
862
Barbados
35
Belarus
111
Belgium
41
Belize
21
Benin
53
Bhutan
9
Bolivia
131
Bosnia and Herzegovina
86
Botswana
31
Brazil
142
Brunei Darussalam
2
Bulgaria
571
Burkina Faso
61
Burundi
253
Cambodia
53
Cameroon
286
Canada
403
Cape Verde
2
Cayman Islands
1
Central African Republic
37
Chad
258
Chile
395
China
1,734
Colombia
548
Comoros
29
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
1,318
Congo, Republic of the
185
Costa Rica
289
Côte d'Ivoire
179
Croatia
174
Cuba
406
Cyprus
23
Czech Republic
180
Denmark
29
Djibouti
239
Dominica
29
Dominican Republic
118
Ecuador
206
Egypt
274
El Salvador
755
Equatorial Guinea
30
Eritrea
194
Estonia
165
Eswatini
16
Ethiopia
727
Fiji
99
Finland
13
France
193
French Guiana
6
Gabon
26
Gambia
78
Georgia
180
Germany
178
Ghana
996
Greece
113
Grenada
70
Guadeloupe
3
Guatemala
533
Guinea
227
Guinea-Bissau
21
Guyana
193
Haiti
407
Holy See (Vatican City State)
2
Honduras
431
Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China)
76
Hungary
340
Iceland
1
India
1,428
Indonesia
157
Iran, Islamic Republic of
1,524
Iraq
481
Ireland
21
Israel
761
Italy
105
Jamaica
137
Japan
42
Jordan
254
Kazakhstan
123
Kenya
418
Kiribati
2
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
27
Korea, Republic of
141
Kuwait
125
Kyrgyzstan
51
Lao People's Democratic Republic
9
Latvia
126
Lebanon
1,013
Lesotho
8
Liberia
185
Libya
195
Lithuania
75
Luxembourg
2
Macau (Special Administrative Region of China)
8
Madagascar
12
Malawi
33
Malaysia
178
Maldives
3
Mali
136
Malta
9
Martinique
2
Mauritania
111
Mauritius
16
Mexico
1,187
Moldova, Republic of
212
Mongolia
41
Montenegro
199
Montserrat
5
Morocco
195
Mozambique
17
Myanmar
78
Namibia
43
Nauru
1
Nepal
121
Netherlands
63
Netherlands Antilles
19
New Caledonia
1
New Zealand
3
Nicaragua
312
Niger
41
Nigeria
1,617
North Macedonia
119
Norway
17
Oman
8
Pakistan
1,520
Palestine, State of
208
Panama
127
Papua New Guinea
7
Paraguay
45
Peru
515
Philippines
173
Poland
374
Portugal
37
Qatar
23
Romania
630
Russian Federation
1,163
Rwanda
327
Saint Kitts and Nevis
12
Saint Lucia
74
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
138
Samoa
1
Sao Tome and Principe
1
Saudi Arabia
144
Senegal
94
Serbia
461
Seychelles
39
Sierra Leone
141
Singapore
38
Slovakia
139
Slovenia
28
Solomon Islands
6
Somalia
1,200
South Africa
181
South Sudan
10
Spain
106
Sri Lanka
1,156
Sudan
369
Suriname
16
Sweden
43
Switzerland
39
Syrian Arab Republic
329
Tajikistan
31
Tanzania, United Republic of
154
Thailand
76
Timor-Leste (East Timor)
7
Togo
151
Tonga
2
Trinidad and Tobago
93
Tunisia
126
Türkiye
703
Turkmenistan
13
Turks and Caicos Islands
9
Tuvalu
1
U.S. Virgin Islands
2
Uganda
252
Ukraine
552
United Arab Emirates
73
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
118
United States of America
533
Uruguay
180
Uzbekistan
87
Venezuela
774
Viet Nam
157
Western Sahara Territory
14
Yemen
171
Zambia
61
Zimbabwe
315
1951 Refugee Convention
2
Abduction
90
Abkhazians
7
Abuse of psychiatry
15
Access to procedures
44
Access to water
1
Acehnese
2
Acholi
5
Acts of persecution
3
Adivasis
2
Administrative courts
1
Administrative law
6
Adoption
30
Afars
22
Africans
10
Afro-Colombians
2
Age discrimination
4
Ahmadis
118
Ahwazi
6
Airports
270
Akan
17
Alawi
48
Albanians
13
Albinism/Persons with Albinism
8
Alevis
14
Aliens
25
Amhara
48
Anglican
8
Animist
2
Anti-terrorism law
3
Anuak
1
Apartheid
12
Appeal / Right to appeal
18
Arabs
50
Arbitrary arrest and detention
92
Armed attacks on camps
5
Armed forces / Military
213
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements
2,200
Armenian
89
Arrival
5
Ashanti
30
Ashkaelian
1
Ashraf
2
Assamese
3
Assemblies of God
2
Assyrians
5
Asylum policy
11
Asylum-migration nexus
1
Asylum-seekers
75
Atheist / Agnostic
11
Azeri
25
Baganda
4
Baha'i
26
Bail
24
Bajuni
4
Bakhtiari
1
Bakongo
27
Baluchis
10
Bamileke
5
Bantu
4
Banyamulenge
6
Banyarwanda
9
Baptist
97
Bashkirs
4
Basques
6
Bedoon
31
Beja
2
Belarusians
1
Bemba
9
Benadiri
4
Bengalis
11
Berber
23
Bihari
20
Blood feuds
38
Bodos
1
Border conflict
11
Border controls
51
Border crossers
40
Bosnian
4
Buddhist
73
Bulgarians
20
Burden of proof
1
Buryat
5
Cabinda
15
Camp management
3
Catholic
244
Ceasefire
12
Cessation clauses
2
Chakma
2
Chaldean
2
Changes of circumstances in home country
10
Chechen
19
Child labour
4
Child prostitution
8
Child soldiers
70
Children's rights
85
Children-at-risk
113
Chin
6
Chinese
33
Chittagong Hill Tribes
25
Christian
340
Chuvash
4
Circassians
5
Citizenship / Nationality law
59
Civil and political rights
28
Civil rights legislation
5
Civil war
51
Civilian character of asylum
1
Combatants / Former combatants
32
Communal conflict / Social conflict
111
Conflict resolution
13
Conflict situation
45
Congregationalist
1
Contemporary forms of slavery
5
Convention refugee
40
Copts
35
Corruption
169
Cossacks
13
Country of origin information (COI)
12
Coup d'état
271
Creoles
2
Crime prevention
34
Crimean Tatars
12
Crimes against humanity
27
Criminal justice
780
Croats
6
Customary law
12
Czechs
19
Dalit
12
Danes
3
Darfuri
4
Darod
49
Death in custody
1
Death penalty
33
Death squads
48
Demobilization / Disarmament
10
Democracy
8
Denial of nationality
7
Denial of refugee status
77
Deportation / Forcible return
263
Dera Sacha Sauda
1
Dinka
3
Diolas
5
Dioula
2
Diplomatic asylum
1
Disappeared persons
107
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity
1,282
Domestic violence
645
Drug trafficking
105
Druze
21
East Caprivians
1
Economic, social and cultural rights
46
Effective protection
7
Effective remedy
26
Election law
5
Elections
119
Emigrants
63
Entry / Exit
97
Episcopalian
2
Equal opportunities
2
Equality before the law
22
Eritreans
7
Ethiopians
8
Ethnic cleansing
9
Evacuation
2
Evangelical
77
Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports)
4
Ewe
11
Exceptional leave to remain (ELR)
2
Exiles
59
Expulsion
148
Extradition
58
Extrajudicial executions
25
Extreme poverty
3
False documents
134
Falun Gong
98
Family law
19
Family reunification
23
Female genital mutilation (FGM)
138
Fijians
26
Filipinos
23
Flight by land, air or sea
12
Forced labour
27
Forced marriage
195
Forced sterilization / Abortion
48
Foreign occupation
41
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment
159
Freedom of assembly and association
235
Freedom of conscience
34
Freedom of expression
226
Freedom of information
79
Freedom of movement
379
Freedom of religion
646
Freedom of speech
66
Fulani
19
Fur
3
Gaboye
5
Gagauz
8
Gang related violence
63
Gender discrimination
65
Gender mainstreaming
2
Gender-based persecution
37
Generalized violence
10
Genocide
41
Germans
21
Good governance
117
Greeks
10
Gujaratis
3
HIV and AIDS
103
Habeas corpus
7
Habitual residence
25
Haitians
23
Han
3
Haratin
2
Hare Krishna
4
Harmful traditional practices
94
Hazara
27
Hema
2
Hijacking
17
Hindu
185
Hmong
2
Honour killings
41
Housing, land and property rights (HLP)
202
Hui
6
Human rights activists
52
Human rights and fundamental freedoms
738
Human rights courts
3
Human rights law
1
Human rights monitors
9
Humanitarian assistance
6
Hungarians
42
Hutus
95
IDP camps
8
Ibo
15
Ijaw
25
Illegal entry
44
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants
80
Illegitimate children
16
Immigrants
128
Immigration Detention
50
Immigration control after entry
8
Immigration law
2
Immunity
9
Impunity
28
Independence of judiciary
11
Indians
20
Indigenous persons
48
Ingush
11
Integration
13
Internal armed conflict
48
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA)
79
Internally displaced persons (IDPs)
83
International armed conflict
10
International courts and tribunals
3
International criminal law
4
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions
6
Involuntary repatriation
14
Iranians
31
Ismaili
2
Issaq
28
Japanese
13
Jehovah's Witness
37
Jew
318
Kachin
1
Kalenjin
5
Karamojong
1
Karen
4
Kashmiris
23
Kazakhs
5
Khakass
4
Khmer
3
Kikuyu
26
Kisii
6
Komi
4
Konkomba
9
Koreans
23
Kosovar
3
Krou
1
Kurd
307
Kusasi
2
Labour law
4
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs)
3
Lari
14
Law of the sea
2
Laws relating to religion
8
Laz
2
Legal representation / Legal aid
64
Lendu
3
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI)
585
Lezgin
3
Livelihoods
7
Location of camps
14
Luba
18
Lunda, Yeke
1
Luo
8
Lutheran
3
M'boshi
1
Macedonians
33
Madhesis
1
Madhiban
5
Magyars
2
Malays
5
Malinke / Mandingo
8
Mandate status
17
Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims
1
Maronite
4
Mass exodus
10
Massaleit
4
Maternal and child health care
29
Mayans
5
Medical screening
2
Melanesians
1
Memoranda of understanding (MOU)
1
Mende
4
Mental health
51
Mentally disadvantaged persons
26
Mercenaries
4
Merina
1
Meskhetians
1
Messianic Jews
14
Methodist
10
Midgan
8
Migrant rights
1
Migrants
49
Military courts
137
Military law
1
Military operations
16
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription
1,397
Minorities
389
Minority rights
41
Mohajirs
58
Mon
2
Mongols
1
Montenegrin
9
Mormon
10
Mossi-Dagomba
5
Multiple nationality
78
Muslim
642
Nagas
1
National security / Public order
24
Naturalization
153
Ndebele
5
Nepalis
7
New Life Church
1
Ngbandi
5
Nomads
34
Non-refoulement
34
Non-state agents of persecution
54
Nuba
9
Nuer
1
Ogaden
5
Older persons
32
One-child policy / Family planning
46
Opposition
401
Oromo
52
Orthodox Christian
41
Ossetians (South)
14
Ovimbundu
4
Paez
1
Palestinian
173
Pashtun
17
Passports
382
Peace agreements
65
Peace process
26
Peacekeeping
15
Pentecostal
29
Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation
7
Persecution based on nationality
3
Persecution based on political opinion
511
Persecution of family members
84
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity
214
Persons of concern to UNHCR
2
Persons with disabilities
70
Piracy
2
Poles
15
Police
533
Political asylum
43
Political groups
626
Political parties
1,183
Political situation
745
Polygamy
28
Polynesians
1
Pomaks
5
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
2
Pre-trial detention
3
Presbyterian
5
Prevention of discrimination
6
Prison or detention conditions
174
Prisoners of war
1
Proof of nationality
25
Property restitution
23
Prosecution vs persecution
23
Prostitution / Commercial sex work
42
Protection of camps
1
Protection of civilian persons in time of war
9
Protestant
38
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest
35
Public health
236
Punjabis
16
Quechua
1
Racial / Ethnic persecution
1,114
Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes
14
Raizals
1
Rastafarian
3
Re-entry
7
Readmission
1
Reception
3
Reconciliation
11
Referendum
8
Refoulement
40
Refugee / Asylum law
6
Refugee camps
119
Refugee identity documents
100
Refugee seamen
30
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures
12
Refugee travel documents / CTDs
90
Refugees
84
Refugees sur place
6
Registration
33
Reintegration
6
Rejected asylum-seekers
114
Rejection at border
2
Religious discrimination
299
Religious persecution (including forced conversion)
337
Rescue at sea / Interception at sea
1
Resettlement
40
Residence permits / Residency
936
Return conditions
89
Returnees
205
Right to a nationality
770
Right to education
121
Right to employment
156
Right to family life
6
Right to food
5
Right to health
63
Right to justice
30
Right to leave
144
Right to liberty and security
2
Right to life
9
Right to registration at birth
77
Right to return
218
Right to seek asylum
4
Right to self-determination
9
Rights of non-citizens
96
Rohingya (Arakanese)
11
Roma
302
Romanians
28
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness
115
Russians
141
Sabean Mandean
4
Sabians
3
Safe country of origin
1
Safe third country
2
Saharawis
3
Salafi
5
Sale of children
2
Sami
2
Sanctions
5
Sandzak
2
Secondary movement
1
Security forces
288
Security situation
324
Serb
62
Serious non-political crime
4
Seventh Day Adventist
38
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)
949
Sexual and reproductive rights
50
Shan
5
Sharia law
23
Shia
137
Sikh
325
Sindhis
4
Single heads of household
43
Sinhalese
58
Slovaks
6
Slovenes
4
Small arms
1
Smuggling of persons
21
Social group discrimination
109
Social group persecution
30
Solomon Islanders
1
Somalis
77
Spontaneous return
1
State of emergency
25
State protection
1,066
Statelessness
26
Stowaways
2
Sufi
16
Sunni
152
Sur place persecution
5
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking
1
Tajik
8
Tamil
389
Taoist
1
Tatars
62
Temne
3
Temporary admission
9
Temporary protection
7
Territorial asylum
2
Terrorism
569
Threats / Intimidation
2
Tibetan
61
Tien Do
1
Tigreans
13
Tiv
1
Torture
9
Trafficking in persons
37
Transgression of social / cultural norms
6
Transit
7
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws)
2
Travel documents
133
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations
2
Tuareg
8
Turkmen
6
Turks
6
Tutsis
115
UNHCR mandate
3
Udmurts
1
Uighur
29
Ukrainians
34
Unaccompanied / Separated children
14
Unlawful departure
72
Urban refugees
1
Uzbek
3
Vietnamese
1
Visas
943
Vlachs
2
Voluntary repatriation
99
War crimes
7
Well-founded fear of persecution
8
Widowed persons
51
Witchcraft
7
Withdrawal of nationality
10
Witnesses
126
Women's rights
347
Women-at-risk
323
Work permits
196
Yazīdī
3
Yibir
7
Yoruba
36
Zanzibaris
2
Zapotecs
1
Zarma
1
Zomi (Chin)
1
Zoroastrian
30
Zulus
4
1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)
2
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