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According to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ estimates, by the end of 2006 there were more than 9.9 million refugees, the highest in the previous four years. The concept of refugees as people fleeing persecution is central to efforts to aid and protect them. For decades, national governments and international agencies have been actively engaged in discussions of international policy issues having to do with refugees, asylum seekers, and related populations. Use our research and data tools to learn more about where refugees and asylum seekers flee from and where they seek safe haven.

Scroll down for links to key research and policy papers on the topic available through MPI’s Refugee Protection Program and the Migration Information Source.

Seeking Asylum

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Country Resources

Recent research from MPI’s Refugee Protection Program:

• The Iraqi Refugee Crisis: The Need for Action
• Bridging Divides: The Role of Ethnic Community-Based Organizations in Refugee Integration
  
• The New "Boat People": Ensuring Safety and Determining Status
  Report, January 2006
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• The United States Refugee Admissions Program: Reforms for a New Era of Refugee Resettlement
  By David A. Martin, MPI Nonresident Fellow and the Warner-Booker Distinguished Professor of International Law at the University of Virginia, May 2005
  Executive Summary (PDF) | Order online

For more information, go to Refugee Protection Homepage

Read Source articles on immigration to the United States and other countries:

• Darfur Situation Worsens, Violence Spreads to Chad
• Refugees: Risks and Challenges Worldwide
• Confronting the Realities of Forced Migration

For more information, go to the Migration Information Source