UNHCR Asylum Levels and Trends 2012 in Industrialized Countries: Highest number of asylum applications since 2003
UNHCR released statistics on the number of asylum applications in 2012 in 44 industrialized countries, showing an increase by 8 per cent. The highest increase is reported for asylum requests from Syrians.
29 March 2013: asylum statistics, unhcrFeatured topics on Afghanistan, Dagestan, Nigeria, and Somalia updated
The featured topics on Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Somalia have been updated.
4 March 2013: accord, afghanistan, nigeria, our work, russian federation, somaliaHRW publishes World Report 2013
Human Rights Watch published its annual World Report, covering events in 2012.
31 January 2013: hrw, reportsFeatured topics on Afghanistan, Dagestan, Nigeria, Pakistan and Somalia updated
The featured topics on Afghanistan, Dagestan, Nigeria, Pakistan and Somalia have been updated. No further updates for the featured topics on Syria and Abyei.
16 January 2013: afghanistan, nigeria, our work, pakistan, russian federation, somaliaFeatured topics on Afghanistan, Dagestan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia and Syria updated
The featured topics on Afghanistan, Dagestan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia and Syria have been updated.
13 December 2012: afghanistan, nigeria, our work, pakistan, russian federation, somalia, syriaEASO publishes second COI report on Afghanistan: insurgent strategies against the population
The second COI report produced by the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) has been published. It focuses on strategies of insurgents against Afghans (like intimidation or targeted violence).
6 December 2012: afghanistan, EASO, reportsNew ACCORD report on Myanmar
A new 258 pages COI report on Myanmar has been published by ACCORD.
26 November 2012: ACCORD, myanmar, our work, reportsFeatured topics on Afghanistan, Dagestan, Nigeria, Pakistan and Somalia updated
The featured topics on Afghanistan, Dagestan, Nigeria, Pakistan and Somalia have been updated.
14 November 2012: afghanistan, nigeria, our work, pakistan, russian federation, somaliaThe October 2012 issue of The Researcher
The Researcher is published two times a year by the Refugee Documentation Centre (RDC) in Ireland. It is a publication which combines academic papers, summaries of caselaw, guides to new legislation, reports of conferences, articles on RDC services and items of country of origin information.
30 October 2012: asylum law, DIS, dr congo, EASO, fact-finding mission, france, ireland, RDC: the researcher, south sudan, uganda, unhcrFeatured topics on Afghanistan, Dagestan, Somalia and Syria updated
The featured topics on Afghanistan, Dagestan, Somalia and Syria have been updated. CECC publishes annual human rights report on China.
11 October 2012: afghanistan, china, our work, russian federation, somalia, syria