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- Afghanistan 318
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- Angola 15
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- Austria 5
- Azerbaijan 3
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- Bangladesh 104
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- Libya 89
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- Malawi 19
- Malaysia 11
- Mali 127
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- Monaco 1
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- Mozambique 21
- Myanmar 252
- Namibia 2
- Nepal 117
- Netherlands 3
- New Zealand 1
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- Niger 62
- Nigeria 177
- North Macedonia 18
- Norway 5
- Oman 1
- Pakistan 269
- Palestine, State of 166
- Panama 1
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- Philippines 124
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- Portugal 1
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- Russian Federation 5
- Rwanda 55
- Saudi Arabia 7
- Senegal 61
- Serbia 17
- Sierra Leone 44
- Slovakia 1
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- Somalia 401
- South Africa 133
- South Sudan 170
- Spain 2
- Sri Lanka 191
- Sudan 264
- Sweden 8
- Switzerland 2
- Syrian Arab Republic 257
- Tajikistan 1
- Tanzania, United Republic of 27
- Thailand 77
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 49
- Togo 22
- Tunisia 6
- Türkiye 53
- Turkmenistan 1
- Uganda 167
- Ukraine 11
- United Arab Emirates 2
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 9
- United States of America 11
- Uzbekistan 6
- Venezuela 11
- Viet Nam 14
- Western Sahara Territory 1
- Yemen 265
- Zambia 25
- Zimbabwe 218
- Abduction 45
- Abuse of psychiatry 1
- Access to procedures 6
- Access to water 85
- Acholi 1
- Africans 1
- Ahmadis 3
- Alawi 2
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 5
- Aliens 4
- Amhara 1
- Anti-terrorism law 4
- Arabs 15
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 50
- Armed attacks on camps 16
- Armed forces / Military 193
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 392
- Armenian 1
- Arrival 2
- Assyrians 2
- Asylum policy 12
- Asylum-migration nexus 27
- Asylum-seekers 146
- Baha'i 1
- Bail 1
- Baluchis 2
- Bantu 3
- Batwa 1
- Bedoon 7
- Bengalis 7
- Berber 1
- Bihari 4
- Blood feuds 1
- Border conflict 83
- Border controls 32
- Border crossers 33
- Buddhist 27
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 9
- Camp management 15
- Capacity building of state institutions 2
- Catholic 5
- Ceasefire 55
- Cessation clauses 1
- Chakma 1
- Chaldean 2
- Cham 1
- Child labour 50
- Child prostitution 17
- Child soldiers 71
- Children's rights 257
- Children-at-risk 239
- Chin 15
- Chinese 2
- Chittagong Hill Tribes 6
- Christian 61
- Circassians 1
- Citizenship / Nationality law 1
- Civil and political rights 26
- Civil war 88
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 16
- Combatants / Former combatants 119
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 158
- Community development 2
- Complementary forms of protection 1
- Conflict prevention 20
- Conflict resolution 243
- Conflict situation 581
- Constitutional law 3
- Contemporary forms of slavery 14
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 1
- Copts 3
- Corruption 62
- Coup d'état 34
- Crime prevention 2
- Crimes against humanity 30
- Crimes against peace 2
- Criminal justice 30
- Dalit 1
- Death in custody 2
- Death penalty 8
- Death squads 1
- Demobilization / Disarmament 102
- Democracy 16
- Denial of nationality 2
- Deportation / Forcible return 76
- Dinka 7
- Diplomatic assurances 1
- Disappeared persons 33
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 68
- Domestic violence 36
- Drug trafficking 21
- Druze 2
- Economic, social and cultural rights 72
- Effective protection 1
- Effective remedy 37
- Egyptians 1
- Election law 3
- Elections 241
- Embargo 13
- Emergency legislation 2
- Emigrants 6
- Endorois 1
- Entry / Exit 2
- Equal opportunities 10
- Equality before the law 1
- Eritreans 7
- Ethiopians 15
- Ethnic cleansing 2
- Evacuation 7
- Exiles 2
- Expulsion 3
- Extrajudicial executions 43
- Extreme poverty 82
- Family law 2
- Family reunification 7
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 42
- Filipinos 1
- Flight by land, air or sea 7
- Forced labour 16
- Forced marriage 29
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 8
- Foreign occupation 29
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 53
- Freedom of assembly and association 48
- Freedom of conscience 1
- Freedom of expression 52
- Freedom of information 33
- Freedom of movement 28
- Freedom of religion 21
- Freedom of speech 26
- Fulani 3
- Fur 1
- Gaboye 1
- Gang related violence 7
- Gender discrimination 43
- Gender mainstreaming 10
- Gender-based persecution 18
- Generalized violence 8
- Genocide 18
- Good governance 338
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 6
- Group / Prima facie determination 1
- HIV and AIDS 90
- Haitians 2
- Han 1
- Harmful traditional practices 35
- Hazara 4
- Hema 1
- Hijacking 2
- Hindu 7
- Hmong 3
- Honour killings 7
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 127
- Human rights activists 36
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 81
- Human rights courts 1
- Human rights law 3
- Human rights monitors 6
- Humanitarian assistance 400
- Hutus 8
- IDP camps 138
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 36
- Illegitimate children 1
- Immigrants 12
- Immigration Detention 19
- Immigration control after entry 1
- Immunity 4
- Impunity 84
- Income-generating projects 1
- Independence of judiciary 6
- Indigenous persons 25
- Integration 25
- Internal armed conflict 434
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 1,035
- International armed conflict 53
- International courts and tribunals 21
- International criminal law 8
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 10
- International protection 2
- Involuntary repatriation 8
- Iranians 1
- Jew 9
- Juvenile justice system 4
- Kachin 23
- Karen 13
- Khmer 1
- Kosovar 1
- Kuchi 3
- Kurd 29
- Labour law 1
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 96
- Laws relating to religion 2
- Legal representation / Legal aid 1
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 21
- Livelihoods 111
- Location of camps 1
- Luo 1
- Maasai 1
- Malays 1
- Malinke / Mandingo 1
- Mass exodus 7
- Massaleit 1
- Maternal and child health care 101
- Melanesians 1
- Mende 1
- Mental harm 2
- Mental health 35
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
- Mercenaries 2
- Merina 1
- Migrant rights 44
- Migrants 236
- Military law 4
- Military operations 140
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 18
- Minorities 77
- Minority rights 19
- Mon 6
- Montagnards 2
- Moros 1
- Muslim 167
- National security / Public order 9
- Nepalis 1
- Nomads 3
- Non-state agents of persecution 17
- Nuer 2
- Ogaden 1
- Older persons 10
- One-child policy / Family planning 12
- Opposition 89
- Orderly return 8
- Oromo 7
- Orthodox Christian 1
- Palestinian 72
- Papuans 8
- Pashtun 4
- Passports 5
- Peace agreements 96
- Peace process 105
- Peacekeeping 78
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 10
- Persecution based on nationality 3
- Persecution based on political opinion 21
- Persecution of family members 1
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 12
- Persons not in need of international protection 2
- Persons of concern to UNHCR 10
- Persons with disabilities 21
- Piracy 5
- Police 45
- Political groups 85
- Political parties 149
- Political situation 608
- Polygamy 1
- Population transfers 2
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 6
- Pre-trial detention 1
- Prison or detention conditions 46
- Property restitution 7
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 28
- Protection of camps 7
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 146
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 13
- Public health 202
- Punjabis 1
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 27
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 8
- Re-entry 2
- Reception 14
- Reconciliation 85
- Referendum 47
- Refoulement 3
- Refugee / Asylum law 11
- Refugee camps 158
- Refugee identity documents 6
- Refugee seamen 19
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 4
- Refugees 676
- Regional instruments 1
- Registration 12
- Reintegration 41
- Rejected asylum-seekers 5
- Rejection at border 6
- Religious discrimination 21
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 23
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 3
- Resettlement 58
- Residence permits / Residency 3
- Return conditions 109
- Returnees 191
- Right to a nationality 1
- Right to development 1
- Right to education 171
- Right to employment 20
- Right to family life 2
- Right to food 184
- Right to health 161
- Right to justice 25
- Right to liberty and security 1
- Right to life 9
- Right to registration at birth 9
- Right to return 9
- Right to seek asylum 9
- Right to self-determination 26
- Rights of non-citizens 6
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 106
- Roma 2
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 54
- Russians 1
- Rwandans 2
- Sabean Mandean 3
- Safe country of origin 1
- Safe third country 1
- Salafi 8
- Sale of children 14
- Sanctions 13
- Secondary movement 7
- Security forces 126
- Security situation 1,232
- Serious non-political crime 1
- Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 182
- Sexual and reproductive rights 22
- Shabak 2
- Shan 9
- Sharia law 9
- Shia 44
- Sikh 1
- Single heads of household 1
- Sinhalese 4
- Small arms 23
- Smuggling of persons 33
- Social group discrimination 18
- Social group persecution 5
- Somalis 69
- Spontaneous return 3
- State of emergency 7
- State protection 3
- Statelessness 16
- Sufi 4
- Sunni 27
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 13
- Tajik 1
- Tamil 50
- Temporary protection 2
- Terrorism 218
- Threats / Intimidation 2
- Tibetan 2
- Torture 8
- Trafficking in persons 101
- Transit 1
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 11
- Travel documents 1
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 6
- Tuareg 24
- Turkmen 9
- Tutsis 8
- Uighur 3
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 28
- Urban refugees 11
- Uzbek 9
- Vietnamese 2
- Visas 4
- Voluntary repatriation 51
- War crimes 45
- Well-founded fear of persecution 2
- Widowed persons 2
- Witchcraft 1
- Witnesses 2
- Women's rights 134
- Women-at-risk 88
- Work permits 3
- Yazīdī 10
- Zulus 1
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