Resources
UNHCR’s Global Trends – 2019
UNHCR’s annual report provides demographic information and global trends associated with forced displacement and statelessness as of 2019.
Compilers’ Manual
The Compilers’ Manual is a practical guide to support countries to put the International Recommendations on Refugee and IDP statistics into practice.
International Recommendations on Internally Displaced Persons Statistics (IRIS)
The IRIS outline an internationally-agreed framework for countries and international organisations to improve statistics on internally displaced persons.
International Recommendations on IDP Statistics (IRIS) – Spanish
This is the Spanish translation of the IRIS. The IRIS outline an internationally-agreed framework to improve statistics on internally displaced persons.
International Recommendations on IDP Statistics (IRIS) – French
This is a French translation of the IRIS. The IRIS outline an internationally-agreed framework to improve statistics on internally displaced persons.
International Recommendations on IDP Statistics (IRIS) – Russian
This is a Russian translation of the IRIS. The IRIS outline an internationally-agreed framework to improve statistics on internally displaced persons.
International Recommendations on IDP Statistics (IRIS) – Arabic
This is the Arabic translation of the IRIS. The IRIS outline an internationally-agreed framework to improve statistics on internally displaced persons.
Summary of Global Consultation of International Recommendations on IDP Statistics (IRIS)
Summary of the results of the global consultation on the International Recommendations on IDP Statistics (IRIS).
Report of the Expert Group on Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Statistics (2020)
This report summarizes the two main documents submitted by the EGRISS to the UNSC in 2020, namely the IRIS and the Compilers’ Manual.
Statisticians as Back-office Policymakers: Counting Asylum-Seekers and Refugees in Europe
Article published in the Science, Technology and Human Values Journal looking into the role of statisticians who are not just producing numbers but also deciding what is deemed politically important.
Technical Report on Statistics of Internally Displaced Persons
This technical report provides a stock-take of existing approaches to collecting IDP statistics and statistical quality issues.
International Recommendations on Refugee Statistics (IRRS)
The IRRS outline an internationally-agreed framework for countries and international organisations to improve statistics on refugees.