What UNHCR’s displacement count brings together
The agency’s global report distinguishes refugees, asylum-seekers and people uprooted within their own country.
UNHCR's Global Trends report assembles data on people forced from home by conflict, persecution and other threats. Its tables distinguish those who have fled across a border from people displaced within their own country.
The categories help readers interpret changes in the headline count. A rise in asylum applications can describe people still waiting for a decision, while a change in internal displacement measures movements within national borders. The report also tracks returns and other developments that can alter the totals over time.