Skip to Main Content

Refugees and Displaced Persons: Information Resources for a Global Crisis

Scholarly sources, data and data tools, news sources and in-depth background information addressing issues of human displacement and immigration.

A Syrian refugee in Adana, Turkey. © 2012 TERsaci/photography collective, Courtesy of Photoshare

Policy Information & Analysis

Global Forum on Migration & Development | Policy and Practice Database
Migration Governance Indicators | REPORT: A Global Perspective
Source: International Organization for Migration
more...less...
"This report constitutes a first global overview of the state of national migration governance across the world. It analyses MGI data to show and discuss policy trends in a number of policy areas that relate to migration (health, education, security and economy among others)."
Migration Policy Institute | POLICY BRIEFS
Pew Research Center: Immigration & Migration
Women's Refugee Commission | Research and Resources
World Politics Review | Series | Immigration and Integration Policy
UM USERS ONLY

Source: Statista. Zandt, F. (November 4, 2021). Climate Change, the Great Displacer [Digital image]. Retrieved April 28, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/chart/26117/average-number-of-internal-climate-migrants-by-2050-per-region/

INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
History of UNHCR
The 1951 Refugee Convention
1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
2016 New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants
2018 Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

U.S. POLICY
Immigration and State Immigration Laws

Last Updated: Feb 6, 2024 8:16 AM

URL: https://guides.lib.umich.edu/refugee

Print Page

Login to LibApps

Report a problem.

University of Michigan Library
818 Hatcher Graduate Library South
913 S. University Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190
(734) 764-0400
Send us an email

Subjects: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility, Government, Politics & Law, Health Sciences, News & Current Events

Tags: diversity, Equity, health disparities, migrant, migration, refugee

Privacy and Copyright
Library Privacy Statement

Except where otherwise noted, this work is subject to a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. For details and exceptions, see the Library Copyright Policy. ©2018, Regents of the University of Michigan