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World Asylum Seekers and Refugees - some basic data.

• World Refugees by Region
• Changes in Refugee Population 1996/97, by region
• Populations of concern to UNHCR, by type and region
• Number of refugees in world (UNHCR "narrow definition" - excludes asylum seekers, returnees, IDPs (internally displaced persons))
• Ratio between applications made and asylum granted or refused, 1997

• Asylum applications, EU Member States, 1996
• Asylum applications, Ireland, 1992-98.

With thanks to UNHCR for most of the above data.

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