09 June 2006

2005 Refugee/IDP Statistics

UNHCR's "2005 Global Refugee Trends" report indicates that the refugee population decreased from 9.5 million in 2004 to 8.4 million last year. However, the total number of people of concern to the agency increased overall to almost 21 million from 19.5 million, due largely to rising numbers of internally displaced persons (IDPs) that now fall under UNHCR's remit.

A press statement with an overview of the report's findings is here and the text of the report is here.

The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants' World Refugee Survey 2006 will be published June 14. The survey also includes figures for global refugee and IDP populations.

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