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UNHCR News



  UNHCR helps reunite Somali mother and son in UK
Source: UNHCR News Stories
Publish date: 11 Jun 2008 Filetype: HTML (5k)
  Chicago Bulls support ninemillion campaign
Source: UNHCR News Stories
Publish date: 15 Feb 2008 Filetype: HTML (2k)
  Britain's Chicago Bulls star Luol Deng backs refugee campaign
Source: UNHCR News Stories
Publish date: 20 Aug 2007 Filetype: HTML (3k)
  London photo exhibitions to highlight refugee issues in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Source: UNHCR News Stories
Publish date: 11 Apr 2007 Filetype: HTML (2k)
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UNHCR Operations



  UNHCR Global Report 2006 - Western Europe Subregional Overview
Source: UNHCR Fundraising Reports
Publish date: 1 Jun 2007 Filetype: PDF (194k)
  UNHCR Country Operations Plan 2006 - United Kingdom
Source: UNHCR Country Operations Plans
Publish date: 1 Sep 2005 Filetype: PDF (46k)
  UNHCR Resettlement Handbook: Country Chapter - Great Britain
Source: Resettlement
Publish date: 1 Sep 2007 Filetype: PDF (162k)
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Statistics



  2005 UNHCR Statistical Yearbook Country Data Sheet - United Kingdom
Source: UNHCR Statistical Yearbook Country Data Sheets
Publish date: 30 Apr 2007 Filetype: PDF (24k)
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Funding



  Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – UNHCR donor profile and donor history
Source: UNHCR Donor Information
Publish date: 10 Apr 2008 Filetype: HTML (1k)

Background, Analysis and Policy



  A bitter pill to swallow: obstacles facing refugee and overseas doctors in the UK, Emma Stewart
Source: New Issues in Refugee Research
Publish date: 1 Nov 2003 Filetype: PDF (220k)
  Refugees Magazine Issue 123 (Convention 50th) – The Convention: Britain's view
Source: Refugees Magazine
Publish date: 1 Jul 2001 Filetype: HTML (4k)
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UNHCR Maps



  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UNHCR Situation Map)
Source: UNHCR Maps
Publish date: 1 Jun 2003 Filetype: PDF (994k)
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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.
Main countries of resettlement of refugees in 2006*
USA 41,300
Australia 13,400
Canada 10,700
Sweden 2,400
Norway 1,000
New Zealand 700
Finland 550
Denmark 530
Netherlands 500
UK 380
Ireland 200
Brazil 50
Chile 40
Mexico 10

*Provisional estimates as at 27 June 2007.
Source: Governments / UNHCR.
Source: "UNHCR: An Overview" in UNHCR Global Report 2006.