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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

UNHCR Data Portal
UNHCR Flagship Reports: Forced Displacement in 2020
Source: UNHCR. Released June 18, 2021
UNHCR Refugee Data Finder
Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2019 Report
Source: UNHCR
Global Report on Internal Displacement 2021
Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
World Migration Report 2020
Source: UN International Organization for Migration
Lancet Migration: Global Collaboration to Advance Migration Health
Source: The Lancet
International Migration Outlook
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
Pew Research Center | Immigration & Migration
The UCL–Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move
Source: The Lancet. Published: December 5, 2018
Think Global Health: Migration
Think Global Health is a multi-contributor website that examines the ways in which changes in health are reshaping economies, societies, and the everyday lives of people around the globe

Spotlight: UKRAINE

Refugee and Migrant Health

Women's Refugee Commission | Contraceptive Services in Humanitarian Settings and in the Humanitarian-Development Nexus
5 March 2021. Assessment report assessment to evaluate and build the evidence base on contraceptive services to women and girls affected by crises.
Border and Migration Studies Online
Resources on personal and institutional historical context on border and migration studies, history, law, politics, diplomacy, and global studies. Includes information pages, videos, and images. UM USERS ONLY.
Human Mobility Impacts Due to COVID-19
Source: Institute of Migration, UN Migration
UNHCR Flagship Reports: Forced Displacement in 2020
Source: UNHCR. Released June 18, 2021
Lancet Series on Women’s and Children’s Health in Conflict Settings
Published 24 January 2021
UCL-Lancet Commission on Migration and Health
December 2018. From: The Lancet and the University College London.

U.S. Focus

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