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The State of the World's Refugees 2006
Human displacement in the new millennium
Human displacement in the new millennium
Alphabetical index of main themes
| 1951 Refugee Convention (increase in signatories to) | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Introduction | view |
| 1951 Refugee Convention (continued relevance of) | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Responses | view |
| 4Rs (repatriation, reintegration, rehabilitation and reconstruction) | Ch. 6 (Rethinking durable solutions) Targeting development assistance | view |
| 4Rs (and States of origin) | Ch. 6 (Rethinking durable solutions) Targeting development assistance | view |
| A | ||
| Access (restrictions on) | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Challenges to protection | view |
| Afghanistan (transition in) | Ch. 6 (Rethinking durable solutions) Box 6.2 Afghanistan – a complex transition | view |
| Age (in emergencies) | Ch. 4 (Responding to emergencies) Nature of the response | view |
| Age (in refugee populations) | Ch. 1 (Current dynamics of displacement) Characteristics of refugee populations | view |
| Agenda for Protection | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Safeguarding asylum: Responses | view |
| Asylum | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) | view |
| Asylum-migration nexus | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Refugee protection and globalization | view |
| B | ||
| Bhutanese refugees in Nepal | Ch. 5 (Protracted refugee situations: the search for practical solutions) Box 5.2 Bhutanese refugees in Nepal | view |
| Borders (closure of) | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Challenges to protection | view |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (lessons from) | Ch. 7 (Internally displaced persons) Box 7.1 Lessons from Bosnia and Herzegovina | view |
| C | ||
| Camps (in protracted refugee situations) | Ch. 1 (Current dynamics of displacement) Characteristics of refugee populations | view |
| Camps (maintaining civilian nature of) | Ch. 3 (Addressing refugee security) Developing responses | view |
| Camps (planning needs) | Ch. 3 (Addressing refugee security) Preventive strategies | view |
| Camps (policing) | Ch. 3 (Addressing refugee security) Developing responses | view |
| CIREFCA (International Conference on Central American Refugees) | Ch. 5 (Protracted refugee situations: the search for practical solutions) Comprehensive solutions: lessons from the past | view |
| Colombia (internal displacement in) | Ch. 7 (Internally displaced persons) Box 7.4 Internal displacement in Colombia | view |
| Comprehensive Plan of Action for Indochinese Refugees | Ch. 5 (Protracted refugee situations: the search for practical solutions) Comprehensive solutions: lessons from the past | view |
| Comprehensive plans of action (in response to protracted refugee situations) | Ch. 5 (Protracted refugee situations) Comprehensive solutions: lessons from the past | view |
| Conflict-induced displacement | Ch. 1 (Current dynamics of displacement) Main trends | view |
| Conflict (between host communities and refugee populations) | Ch. 3 (Addressing refugee security) Security and refugee protection | view |
| D | ||
| Dadaab camp, Kenya | Ch. 5 (Protracted refugee situations: the search for practical solutions) Box 5.3 The story of one Somali refugee in Dadaab, Kenya | view |
| Darfur (internal displacement in) | Ch. 7 (Internally displaced persons) Box 7.2 Darfur: the challenge of protecting the internally displaced | view |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Ch. 4 (Responding to emergencies) Box 4.2 Democratic Republic of Congo: a forgotten crisis | view |
| Detention | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Challenges to protection | view |
| Development assistance (donor trends in) | Ch. 6 (Rethinking durable solutions) Targeting development assistance | view |
| Development assistance (inter-agency collaboration in) | Ch. 6 (Rethinking durable solutions) Targeting development assistance | view |
| Development assistance (to host States) | Ch. 6 (Rethinking durable solutions) Targeting development assistance | view |
| Development assistance (to States of origin) | Ch. 6 (Rethinking durable solutions) Targeting development assistance | view |
| Development Assistance for Refugees (DAR) | Ch. 6 (Rethinking durable solutions) Targeting development assistance | view |
| Development-induced displacement | Ch. 1 (Current dynamics of displacement) Development-induced displacement | view |
| Development through Local Integration (DLI) | Ch. 6 (Rethinking durable solutions) Targeting development assistance | view |
| Displacement agency (should UNHCR become?) | Ch. 7 (Internally displaced persons) Box 7.3 Should UNHCR become a 'displacement agency'? | view |
| Displacement types | Ch. 1 (Current dynamics of displacement) Main trends | view |
| Documentation | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Challenges to protection | view |
| Donors (trends of in development assistance) | Ch. 6 (Rethinking durable solutions) Targeting development assistance | view |
| Durable solutions | Ch. 6 (Rethinking durable solutions) | view |
| E | ||
| Early-warning | Ch. 4 (Responding to emergencies) Preparedness capacity | view |
| Emergency response | Ch. 4 (Responding to emergencies) | view |
| Empowerment of refugees | Ch. 3 (Addressing refugee security) Preventive strategies | view |
| European harmonization | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Box 2.1 Towards a common European asylum system | view |
| Extraterritorial processing | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Box 2.2 Outsourcing refugee protection: extraterritorial processing and the future of the refugee regime | view |
| F | ||
| Funding (developments in) | Ch. 4 (Responding to emergencies) Recent developments | view |
| G | ||
| Gender (in emergencies) | Ch. 4 (Responding to emergencies) Nature of the response | view |
| Gender (in refugee populations) | Ch. 1 (Current dynamics of displacement) Characteristics of refugee populations | view |
| Gender (sexual and gender-based violence) | Ch. 3 (Addressing refugee security) Box 3.1 Sexual and gender-based violence | view |
| Global Consultations | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Responses | view |
| Globalization (and migration) | Ch. 1 (Current dynamics of displacement) Box 1.1 Globalization and migration | view |
| Globalization (and refugee protection) | Ch. Refugee protection and globalization | view |
| Great Lakes | Ch. 3 (Addressing refugee security) Box 3.2 The Great Lakes: regional instability and population displacement | view |
| Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement | Ch. 7 (Internally displaced persons) Applying the Guiding Principles | view |
| H | ||
| History (of UNHCR and emergencies) | Ch. 4 (Responding to emergencies) Historical overview | view |
| HIV/AIDS | Ch. 3 (Addressing refugee security) Box 3.5 HIV/AIDS and refugees | view |
| Host communities (and conflict with refugee populations) | Ch. 3 (Addressing refugee security) Security and refugee protection | view |
| Host States (addressing the concerns of) | Ch. 6 (Rethinking durable solutions) Targeting development assistance | view |
| I | ||
| Identification | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Challenges to protection | view |
| IDPs (see also internally displaced persons) | Ch. 7 (Internally displaced persons) | view |
| Information (as a means to improve refugee security) | Ch. 3 (Addressing refugee security) Preventive strategies | view |
| Integrated approach (need for in protracted refugee situations) | Ch. 5 (Protracted refugee situations) Towards a more effective response | view |
| Interception | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Challenges to protection | view |
| Interception (the Tampa affair) | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Box 2.3 The Tampa Affair: interception and rescue at sea | view |
| Internally displaced persons (and national sovereignty) | Ch. 7 (Internally displaced persons) Sovereignty: barrier or responsibility? | view |
| Internally displaced persons (in Bosnia and Herzegovina) | Ch. 7 (Internally displaced persons) Box 7.1 Lessons from Bosnia and Herzegovina | view |
| Internally displaced persons ('collaborative approach') | Ch. 7 (Internally displaced persons) Institutional arrangements: the 'collaborative approach' | view |
| Internally displaced persons (in Colombia) | Ch. 7 (Internally displaced persons) Box 7.4 Internal displacement in Colombia | view |
| Internally displaced persons (in Darfur) | Ch. 7 (Internally displaced persons) Box 7.2 Darfur: the challenge of protecting the internally displaced | view |
| Internally displaced persons (Guiding Principles on) | Ch. 7 (Internally displaced persons) Applying the Guiding Principles | view |
| Internally displaced persons (role of military) | Ch. 7 (Internally displaced persons) The role of the military | view |
| Internally displaced persons | Ch. 7 (Internally displaced persons) | view |
| K | ||
| Kenya (Somalis in) | Ch. 5 (Protracted refugee situations: the search for practical solutions) Box 5.3 The story of one Somali refugee in Dadaab, Kenya | view |
| Kosovo (Presevo Valley) | Ch. 4 (Responding to emergencies) Box 4.1 Presevo Valley: preventing another disaster in the Balkans | view |
| L | ||
| Ladder of options (response to armed elements in camps) | Ch. 3 (Addressing refugee security) Developing responses | view |
| Logistics | Ch. 4 (Responding to emergencies) Nature of the response | view |
| M | ||
| Mexico Declaration and Plan of Action | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Responses | view |
| Migration (and globalisation) | Ch. 1 (Current dynamics of displacement) Box 1.1 Globalization and migration | view |
| Military (and internal displacement) | Ch. 7 (Internally displaced persons) The role of the military | view |
| Military (role of, in emergencies) | Ch. 4 (Responding to emergencies) Recent developments | view |
| N | ||
| National legislation | Ch. 3 (Addressing refugee security) Preventive strategies | view |
| National security | Ch. Refugee protection and globalization | view |
| Natural disasters | Ch. 1 (Current dynamics of displacement) Environmental and natural disasters | view |
| Nepal (Bhutanese refugees in) | Ch. 5 (Protracted refugee situations: the search for practical solutions) Box 5.2 Bhutanese refugees in Nepal | view |
| Non-refoulement | Ch. 4 (Responding to emergencies) Nature of the response | view |
| O | ||
| Offshore processing | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Box 2.2 Outsourcing refugee protection: extraterritorial processing and the future of the refugee regime | view |
| P | ||
| Palestinian refugees | Ch. 5 (Protracted refugee situations: the search for practical solutions) Box 5.1 Palestinian refugees | view |
| Partnerships (in development assistance) | Ch. 6 (Rethinking durable solutions) Targeting development assistance | view |
| People-smuggling | Ch. 1 (Current dynamics of displacement) 'Mixed migration', trafficking and smuggling | view |
| Preparedness capacity | Ch. 4 (Responding to emergencies) Preparedness capacity | view |
| Presevo Valley (Kosovo) | Ch. 4 (Responding to emergencies) Box 4.1 Presevo Valley: preventing another disaster in the Balkans | view |
| Protection (and globalization) | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Refugee protection and globalization | view |
| Protection (challenges to) | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Challenges to protection | view |
| Protection (strengthening capacity) | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Enhancing protection capacities | view |
| Protection-assistance nexus | Ch. 4 (Responding to emergencies) Nature of the response | view |
| Protracted refugee situations (and human rights) | Ch. 5 (Protracted refugee situations: the search for practical solutions) Human rights implications | view |
| Protracted refugee situations (and national security) | Ch. 5 (Protracted refugee situations: the search for practical solutions) Political and security implications | view |
| Protracted refugee situations (Bhutanese refugees in Nepal) | Ch. 5 (Protracted refugee situations: the search for practical solutions) Box 5.2 Bhutanese refugees in Nepal | view |
| Protracted refugee situations (causes) | Ch. 5 (Protracted refugee situations: the search for practical solutions) Nature and scope of the problem | view |
| Protracted refugee situations (comprehensive responses to) | Ch. 5 (Protracted refugee situations) Comprehensive solutions: lessons from the past | view |
| Protracted refugee situations (developments in UNHCR approach to) | Ch. 5 (Protracted refugee situations) Towards a more effective response | view |
| Protracted refugee situations (need for integrated response to) | Ch. 5 (Protracted refugee situations) Towards a more effective response | view |
| Protracted refugee situations (Palestinians) | Ch. 5 (Protracted refugee situations: the search for practical solutions) Box 5.1 Palestinian refugees | view |
| Protracted refugee situations (solutions) | Ch. 5 (Protracted refugee situations: the search for practical solutions) Comprehensive solutions: lessons from the past | view |
| Protracted refugee situations (trends in) | Ch. 5 (Protracted refugee situations) Nature and scope of the problem | view |
| Protracted refugee situations | Ch. 5 (Protracted refugee situations: the search for practical solutions) | view |
| R | ||
| Reception | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Challenges to protection | view |
| Refoulement | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Challenges to protection | view |
| Refugee security | Ch. 3 (Addressing refugee security) Security and refugee protection | view |
| Refugee Status Determination (RSD) | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Challenges to protection | view |
| Refugees (threats to physical security of) | Ch. 3 (Addressing refugee security) Security and refugee protection | view |
| Registration | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Challenges to protection | view |
| Repatriation (compared to other durable solutions) | Ch. 6 (Rethinking durable solutions) The search for durable solutions | view |
| Repatriation (recent upsurge in) | Ch. 1 (Current dynamics of displacement) Main trends | view |
| Repatriation (sustainability of in States of origin) | Ch. 6 (Rethinking durable solutions) Targeting development assistance | view |
| Repatriation, reintegration, rehabilitation and reconstruction (4Rs) | Ch. 6 (Rethinking durable solutions) Targeting development assistance | view |
| Rescue at sea | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Box 2.3 The Tampa Affair: interception and rescue at sea | view |
| Resettlement | Ch. 6 (Rethinking durable solutions) Resettlement | view |
| Resettlement (functions of) | Ch. 6 (Rethinking durable solutions) Resettlement | view |
| Resettlement (group methodology in) | Ch. 6 (Rethinking durable solutions) Resettlement | view |
| Resettlement (strategic use of) | Ch. 6 (Rethinking durable solutions) Resettlement | view |
| Rights (restrictions of for refugees) | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Challenges to protection | view |
| RSD | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Challenges to protection | view |
| S | ||
| Secondary movement | Ch. 6 (Rethinking durable solutions) Secondary movement | view |
| Security (of humanitarian workers) | Ch. 3 (Addressing refugee security) Box 3.3 Security of humanitarian workers | view |
| Security (of refugees) | Ch. 3 (Addressing refugee security) Security and refugee protection | view |
| Security packages (in policing camps) | Ch. 3 (Addressing refugee security) Developing responses | view |
| Sexual and gender-based violence | Ch. 3 (Addressing refugee security) Box 3.1 Sexual and gender-based violence | view |
| Smuggling (of people) | Ch. 1 (Current dynamics of displacement) 'Mixed migration', trafficking and smuggling | view |
| Somali Comprehensive Plan of Action (CPA) | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Box 2.5 The Comprehensive Plan of Action for Somali Refugees | view |
| Somalis in Kenya | Ch. 5 (Protracted refugee situations: the search for practical solutions) Box 5.3 The story of one Somali refugee in Dadaab, Kenya | view |
| Sovereignty (in IDP response) | Ch. 7 (Internally displaced persons) Sovereignty: barrier or responsibility? | view |
| Statelessness | Ch. 1 (Current dynamics of displacement) Box 1.4 Prevention and reduction of statelessness | view |
| Status determination | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Challenges to protection | view |
| Sudan (internal displacement in Darfur) | Ch. 7 (Internally displaced persons) Box 7.2 Darfur: the challenge of protecting the internally displaced | view |
| T | ||
| Tanzania (as host country) | Ch. 4 (Responding to emergencies) Box 4.3 A host-country perspective: the case of Tanzania | view |
| Trafficking | Ch. 1 (Current dynamics of displacement) 'Mixed migration', trafficking and smuggling | view |
| Trafficking (protection for victims of) | Ch. 1 (Current dynamics of displacement) Box 1.3 Protection for victims of trafficking | view |
| Tsunami | Ch. 1 (Current dynamics of displacement) Box 1.2 Displacement and natural disasters: the 2004 tsunami | view |
| U | ||
| Ugandan Self-Reliance Strategy | Ch. 6 (Rethinking durable solutions) Box 6.1 The Zambia Initiative and the Ugandan Self-Reliance Strategy | view |
| UNHCR (challenges ahead) | Ch. 8 (Looking to the future) challenges ahead | view |
| UNHCR (future directions) | Ch. 7 (Internally displaced persons) Box 7.3 Should UNHCR become a 'displacement agency'? | view |
| Urban refugees | Ch. 2 (Safeguarding asylum) Box 2.4 Urban refugees | view |
| X | ||
| Xenophobia | Ch. 3 (Addressing refugee security) Box 3.4 Xenophobia and refugees | view |
| Z | ||
| Zambia Initiative | Ch. 6 (Rethinking durable solutions) Box 6.1 The Zambia Initiative and the Ugandan Self-Reliance Strategy | view |