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Basic statistics on UNHCR-RSD |
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Statistical Summary of UNHCR RSD
UNHCR received applications from 75,088 individual asylum-seekers in 2007, making it the largest refugee status decision-maker in the world. UNHCR conducts RSD in at least 52 countries, but 90 percent of the applications are received in just 12 countries.
More than half of the countries where UNHCR performs RSD are parties to the 1951 Refugee Convention.
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Past Statistical Updates
Kenyan crisis fuels overall growth in UNHCR RSD, while applications in Middle East and Asia slow (9 July 2006)
UNHCR RSD grows 23 percent, while government applications decline (29 June 2005)
RSD migrates southward: UNHCR RSD is part of a larger trend in the developing world. (29 June 2005)
Asian and Middle Eastern focus: Iraqi and Sudanese applications grow in the Middle East, but Malaysia remains UNHCR’s largest RSD office. (29 June 2005)
Summary of UNHCR-RSD in 2003 (20 June 2005)
More asylum-seekers in Egypt, Malaysia, Cameroon, while backlogs shrink in Pakistan and Yemen (28 February 2005)
UNHCR RSD focus moving to Asia (1 February 2005)
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Basic facts
Total RSD applications submitted to UNHCR offices (since 1998)
UNHCR offices with the most individual refugee applicants (since 1998)
Countries where UNHCR performs RSD for 2007
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This site is not associated with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and does not reflect the views of UNHCR. |
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Data presented here are gleaned from annual UNHCR statistical yearbooks.
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