Overviews and Factsheets

Fact Sheets and FAQs
FAQs about refugees and internally displaced persons
U.S. Committee for Refugees

Protecting Refugees FAQ
UNHCR

The Global Refugee Crisis
American Refugee Committee

Human Rights Watch World Report 2002: Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons
Special issue focus on refugess from the HRW World Report 2002.
HRW

Refugee Voices
Human Rights Watch

The 1951 Refugee Convention
The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees is the key legal document in defining who is a refugee, their rights and the legal obligations of states. The 1967 Protocol removed geographical and temporal restrictions from the Convention.
UNHCR

The State of the World's Refugees: Fifty Years of Humanitarian Action
Major publication from UNHCR - this year features a history of refugees and action to help them. UNHCR's Special 50th anniversary edition looks at five decades of humanitarian action. It examines major crises during that period and the changing nature of international responses to the problem of forced displacement.
UNHCR

World Refugee Survey 2002
A leading global assessment of the global refugee situation, providing a comprehensive overview of the state of the world's refugees.
U.S. Committee for Refugees

Amnesty International Report 2002 - Refugees
Chapter on refugees from Amnesty Intl's annual report, providing updates on the status of the world's refugees with a focus on the rights of refugees.
Amnesty International

Testimonials from Refugees
U.S. Committe for Refugees