High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges - Background Paper - Protection Gaps and Responses

Publication language
English
Pages
10pp
Date published
01 Jan 2010
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Protection, human rights & security, Forced displacement and migration, Response and recovery
Organisations
United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR)
Link
http://www.unhcr.org/4cebeeee9.html

The magnitude and complexity of forced displacement and statelessness issues are enormous. Some 36 million people fall under the mandate of UNHCR as refugees, stateless persons and others of concern. Yet even this striking figure does not fully reflect the extent of displacement or statelessness today.