The latest 2010 edition of UNHCR’s annual publication entitled `Global Trends Report’ is now available to view online from the statistics section of the UNHCR website. In their publicity circulated to launch the new report, UNHCR state :
The 48-page report reflects many of the major humanitarian developments between January and December 2010. It analyses the statistical trends
and changes in the global populations of concern to UNHCR, i.e. refugees, returnees, stateless persons and certain groups of internally displaced persons (IDPs).
A selection of the statistical data, which is also made available on the statistics section (http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49c3646c4d6.html) of the UNHCR website, indicates that:
- There were 43.7 million forcibly displaced people worldwide at the end of 2010, the highest number in 15 years. Of these, 15.4 million were refugees; 10.55 million under UNHCR’s mandate and 4.82 million
Palestinian refugees registered with UNRWA. The figure also includes
837,000 asylum-seekers and 27.5 million internally displaced persons.- More than 25.2 million people – 10.55 million refugees and 14.7 million IDPs – were receiving protection or assistance from UNHCR at the
end of 2010.- By the end of 2010, UNHCR had identified some 3.5 million stateless persons in 65 countries. However, the Office estimated that the overall number of stateless persons worldwide could be far higher – about 12
million people.
The full report can be downloaded from the UNHCR statistics website – full report download ; and an interactive version is also available to view from the following link : http://www.unhcr.org/gr10/index.html#/home
