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A flood of refugees, or a drop in the bucket? UNHCR's Asylum Trends 2013 report contextualised
By Cameron Thibos, Research Assistant at the Migration Policy Centre
http://blogs.eui.eu/migrationpolicycentre/a-flood-of-refugees-or-a-drop-in-the-bucket-unhcrs-asylum-trends-2013-report-contextualised/?utm_source=MPC+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c4cef1a65a-MPC_Blog_4_2_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5739ea1f8b-c4cef1a65a-40560729
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) released its Asylum Trends 2013 report on March 21st. The report's core finding is that the rich world saw more than a quarter increase in asylum claims in 2013 over the previous year. The subsequent news coverage of these findings echoed the report's main talking points, highlighting the increased number of asylum seekers to industrialised nations, their apparent affinity for Europe, and the palpable spike in Syrian applicants. The framing of this coverage, while technically accurate, misplaces the emphasis. The numbers may appear large and the increase rapid, but they are actually quite small in comparison to the scale of the crises from which they originate. The simple reality is that the vast majority of people who could greatly benefit from the protections of asylum are not applying for it in Europe or in any other industrialised country. They live and work as refugees in countries that neighbour their own, or make do while trapped within their national borders, often as 'internally displaced people' who are far from home.
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