R/flows.R

In refugees: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database

#' Forced displacement flow dataset
#'
#' 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.
#'
#' See the notes on the curation process in the
#' \href{https://www.unhcr.org/refugee-statistics/insights/explainers/forcibly-displaced-flow-data.html}{Data Insights}
#' for more details.
#'
#' @format A tibble.
#' \describe{
#'  \item{year}{The year (e.g. 2020).}
#'  \item{coo_name}{Country of origin name.}
#'  \item{coo}{Country of origin UNHCR code.}
#'  \item{coo_iso}{Country of origin ISO code.}
#'  \item{coa_name}{Country of asylum name.}
#'  \item{coa}{Country of asylum UNHCR code.}
#'  \item{coa_iso}{Country of asylum ISO code.}
#'  \item{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.}
#'  \item{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.}
#'  \item{returned_refugees}{Refugees who have returned home within the previous year.}
#'  \item{oip}{Other people in need of international protection:
#'  includes just the new arrivals of this population group, first reported in 2018.}
#' }
#' @source \href{https://www.unhcr.org/refugee-statistics/}{UNHCR Refugee Data Finder}.
#' @examples
#' flows
"flows"