Publications

Publications are an important way for UNHCR to spread awareness about refugees and other people of concern and to report on the agency's operations on a global and local level. We publish a wide range of materials for diverse audiences, ranging from basic documents such as the 1951 Refugee Convention to refugee and international law reports and research and evaluation papers. The agency's worldwide operations are covered in the two flagship annual publications - The Global Appeal and Global Report. Copies of these reports can be found on the UNHCR Global website here.

You can find out more about the work being done by UNHCR in Ireland by clicking here for the 2012 UNHCR Ireland Snapshot.

Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries 2011

Statistical overview of asylum applications lodged in Europe and selected non-European countries, 27 March 2012.

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Frequently Requested Statistics

A collection of some of the most frequently requested statistics from the UNHCR Statistical Online Population Database.

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Interactive RefScout

Visualize the population statistics in the form of interactive maps, graphs and tables by regions and countries.

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2009 Global Trends

Refugees, Asylum-seekers, Returnees, Internally Displaced and Stateless Persons, 15 June 2010. Annexes (Excel tables) available for downloading here (zipped format, 639Mb) >>