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Q&A: Former Lost Boy of Sudan returns home to build for the future Source: UNHCR News Stories Publish date: 2 May 2008 Filetype: HTML (4k) |
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Q&A: Pulitzer-winning professor charts slain UN envoy's life Source: UNHCR News Stories Publish date: 18 Apr 2008 Filetype: HTML (4k) |
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Kindness of strangers eases refugees' arrival in United States Source: UNHCR News Stories Publish date: 18 Mar 2008 Filetype: HTML (4k) |
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For Iraqi refugees, a sense of community in the American west Source: UNHCR News Stories Publish date: 12 Dec 2007 Filetype: HTML (4k) |
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UNHCR Global Report 2006 - North America and the Caribbean Subregional Overview Source: UNHCR Fundraising Reports Publish date: 1 Jun 2007 Filetype: PDF (169k) |
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UNHCR Resettlement Handbook: Country Chapter - United States of America Source: Resettlement Publish date: 1 Jun 2004 Filetype: PDF (62k) |
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UNHCR Monitoring Report: Canada - United States "Safe Third Country" Agreement, 29 December 2004 - 28 December 2005 Source: WorldWide Operations Publish date: 1 Jun 2006 Filetype: PDF (649k) |
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2005 UNHCR Statistical Yearbook Country Data Sheet - United States Source: UNHCR Statistical Yearbook Country Data Sheets Publish date: 30 Apr 2007 Filetype: PDF (25k) |
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Government of the United States of America – UNHCR donor profile and donor history
Source: UNHCR Donor Information Publish date: 10 Apr 2008 Filetype: HTML (3k) |
Background, Analysis and Policy
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Connected lives: Somalis in Minneapolis, family responsibilities and
the migration dreams of relatives, Cindy Horst Source: New Issues in Refugee Research Publish date: 1 Jul 2006 Filetype: PDF (119k) |
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Refugees Magazine Issue 132: (Protection) – Resettlement: "I feel like I was a blind man who can now see" Source: Refugees Magazine Publish date: 1 Sep 2003 Filetype: HTML (5k) |
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"USA for UNHCR" on the web Key Indicators
Top 20 government donors to UNHCR in 2006 (US$)
USA
329,340,441
European Commission
79,570,844
Japan
75,149,096
Sweden
68,059,734
Netherlands
66,671,367
Norway
55,196,801
UK
51,992,181
Denmark
50,661,166
Germany
31,087,430
Spain
27,874,622
Canada
27,311,056
Switzerland
25,590,089
Finland
20,231,988
France
18,887,354
Ireland
17,837,267
Australia
13,483,764
Luxembourg
11,459,224
Italy
10,473,189
Belgium
9,655,180
New Zealand
2,471,320
Source: "UNHCR: An Overview" in UNHCR Global Report 2006.
Top 10 government donors to UNHCR in 2006 per capita (US$)
Luxembourg
24.65
Norway
11.95
Denmark
9.33
Liechtenstein
9.02
Sweden
7.53
Ireland
4.30
Netherlands
4.09
Finland
3.85
Switzerland
3.53
USA
1.10
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.
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