flows: Forced displacement flow dataset
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flows

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Forced displacement flow dataset

Description

UNHCR has published a new dataset recording the number of people forced to flee during each of the years since 1962. This dataset presents the forced displacement flows.

Usage

flows

Format

A tibble.

year: The year (e.g. 2020).
coo_name: Country of origin name.
coo: Country of origin UNHCR code.
coo_iso: Country of origin ISO code.
coa_name: Country of asylum name.
coa: Country of asylum UNHCR code.
coa_iso: Country of asylum ISO code.
refugees: Refugee Arrivals: includes prima facie (group recognition) refugees and those who have received temporary protection. The first available data for this group is for 1962. People in refugee-like situations are also included from 2007.
asylum_seekers: New Asylum Applications: are new asylum applications registered during each year. Repeat and appeal applications have been excluded. The first year that published data for this population group became available is 1970 and only for a limited number of high-income countries, with data from more countries available from 2000.
returned_refugees: Refugees who have returned home within the previous year.
oip: Other people in need of international protection: includes just the new arrivals of this population group, first reported in 2018.