UNHCR: 2007 Statistical Yearbook

The UNHCR announced that the 2007 Statistical Yearbook has been published and is available for download on the UNHCR statistics website www.unhcr.org/statistics .

The seventh edition of UNHCR’s Statistical Yearbook contains five chapters dealing with (a) methodological issues; (b) global levels and trends in the population of concern to UNHCR; (c) durable solutions; (d) asylum and refugee status determination; and (e) well-being and living
conditions of refugees.

This year’s Yearbook also includes a variety of thematic and regional topics, including:
– how to measure and define protracted refugee situations
– global trends in unaccompanied and separated children seeking asylum in 2007 (and 2006)
– refugee status determination under the UNHCR mandate
– best practice in data collection for the purpose of international protection: the case of Ecuador
– more urban refugees than ever: the case of Iraqi refugees
– resettlement as protection tool: activities from UNHCR’s office in Thailand

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