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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.

Syrian and Iraqi refugees arrive from Turkey to Skala Sykamias, Lesbos island, Greece.Volunteers (life rescue team - with yellow-red clothes) from the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms help the refugees. Creative Commons 4.0

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Overview

Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2019 Report
Source: UNHCR
Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2018 Report
Source: UNHCR
Global Report on Internal Displacement 2019
Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
World Migration Report 2020
Source: UN International Organization for Migration
International Migration Outlook 2019
Source: OECD iLibrary. UM USERS only.
International Organization for Migration
Migration Policy Institute
An independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank dedicated to the study of the movement of people worldwide.
Environment Migration Portal
Source: Institute of Migration.
European Union | Population: demography, population projections, census, asylum & migration – Overview
Source: EU
Immigration | Pew Research Center

Refugee and Migrant Health

Lancet Series on Women’s and Children’s Health in Conflict Settings
Published 24 January 2021
Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2019 Report
Source: UNHCR
UCL-Lancet Commission on Migration and Health
December 2018. From: The Lancet and the University College London.
WHO Refugee and Migrant Health
World Health Organization

U.S. Focus

CDC Immigrant and Refugee Health
U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Immigration and Health Policy
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation

International Agreements