Today's date: Saturday, 30 August 2008
Germany

UNHCR News



  UNHCR's recommendations to the EU German Presidency
Source: UNHCR Briefing Notes
Publish date: 15 Dec 2006 Filetype: HTML (1k)
  Afghan students mark 15th year of German scholarship
Source: UNHCR News Stories
Publish date: 18 Sep 2006 Filetype: HTML (3k)
  A 'tsunami' in the Democratic Republic of the Congo every six months: Guterres urges help for one of the world's most under-funded emergencies
Source: UNHCR News Stories
Publish date: 18 May 2006 Filetype: HTML (6k)
  50 years on in Germany, Eastern Europe's displaced still remember UNHCR
Source: UNHCR News Stories
Publish date: 5 Jan 2006 Filetype: HTML (5k)
  List more...

UNHCR Operations



  UNHCR Global Appeal 2008-2009 - Western Europe subregional overview
Source: UNHCR Fundraising Reports
Publish date: 1 Dec 2007 Filetype: PDF (202k)
  UNHCR Global Report 2007 - Western Europe subregional overview
Source: UNHCR Fundraising Reports
Publish date: 1 Jun 2008 Filetype: PDF (850k)
  UNHCR Country Operations Plan 2006 - Germany
Source: UNHCR Country Operations Plans
Publish date: 1 Sep 2005 Filetype: PDF (36k)
  List more...

Statistics



  2005 UNHCR Statistical Yearbook Country Data Sheet - Germany
Source: UNHCR Statistical Yearbook Country Data Sheets
Publish date: 30 Apr 2007 Filetype: PDF (25k)
  List more...

Funding



  Government of Germany – UNHCR donor profile and donor history
Source: UNHCR Donor Information
Publish date: 10 Apr 2008 Filetype: HTML (1k)

Background, Analysis and Policy



  Refugees Magazine Issue 101 (Asylum in Europe) - Persecution complex
Source: Refugees Magazine
Publish date: 1 Sep 1995 Filetype: HTML (19k)
  List more...

UNHCR Maps



  Germany (UNHCR Situation Map)
Source: UNHCR Maps
Publish date: 1 Jun 2003 Filetype: PDF (1636k)
  List more...


Return to UNHCR's Country Index page


Researchers


For human rights and legal documents from UNHCR information partners, see our Country of Origin and Legal Databases

For a listing of bibliographic references for further reading, see UNHCR's Library Holdings

Land Borders
(Longest first)


UNHCR Germany on the web in German


Key Indicators


Top 20 government donors to UNHCR in 2006 (US$)
USA 329,340,441
European Commission 79,570,844
Japan 75,149,096
Sweden 68,059,734
Netherlands 66,671,367
Norway 55,196,801
UK 51,992,181
Denmark 50,661,166
Germany 31,087,430
Spain 27,874,622
Canada 27,311,056
Switzerland 25,590,089
Finland 20,231,988
France 18,887,354
Ireland 17,837,267
Australia 13,483,764
Luxembourg 11,459,224
Italy 10,473,189
Belgium 9,655,180
New Zealand 2,471,320

Source: "UNHCR: An Overview" in UNHCR Global Report 2006.
Top 10 refugee-hosting countries (as at 1 Jan 2007)
Pakistan* 1,044,000
Iran 968,000
USA 844,000
Syria 702,000
Germany 605,000
Jordan 500,000
Tanzania 485,000
UK 301,000
China 301,000
Chad 287,000

* UNHCR Estimate.

Source: Protecting Refugees, and the Role of UNHCR, 2007 edition.
New asylum applications submitted in selected industrialized countries in 2005*
France 49,700
USA§ 39,200
UK 30,500
Germany 28,900
Austria 22,500
Canada 20,800
Sweden 17,500
Belgium 16,000
Netherlands 12,300
Switzerland 10,100

* Countries with more than 10,000 new asylum applications.
§ Data refers to individual or collective applications.
Source: Refugees By Numbers, 2006 edition.