At the end of 2003 there were some 17.1 million persons of concern to UNHCR; the comparable figures for 2002 and 2001 were some 20.6 million and 19.8 million respectively.
In Central Asia, the goal is to ensure that persons of concern to UNHCR are protected by governments in the region according to international standards in a fast-changing operational environment.
At the end of 2010, there were 33.9 million people of concern to UNHCR, including some 10.55 million refugees(an increase of 153,000 compared to 2009, mostly as a result of the continued deterioration of the situation in Somalia).
Providing international protection to refugees and other persons of concern, and seeking permanent solutions to their problems are the primary functions of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR).
They assert that K.N. is likely a person of interest to the Iranian authorities because a far-reaching internet surveillance system is in place in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
They included asylum-seekers, refugees, returning refugees in the early stages of their reintegration, internally displaced persons and other people of concern, mainly victims of conflict.
Providing international protection to refugees and other persons of concern, and seeking permanent solutions to their problems are UNHCR' s primary functions under its Statute.
(f) Promoting operational cooperation to better assist people of concern to UNHCR through sufficient voluntary contributions provided by the international community in a spirit of burden-sharing and international solidarity.
This comprised 12 million refugees, 940,000 asylum-seekers, 462,000 returned refugees, 5 million internally displaced persons, 241,000 returned internally displaced persons and 1.04 million other people of concern to UNHCR.
They are carried out within a framework comprising refugee, human rights and humanitarian laws, and internationally accepted standards for the treatment of refugees and other persons of concern to UNHCR.
HRW stated that, despite strong protests, in December 2009 the Thai army forcibly returned 4,689 Lao Hmong, including 158 UNHCR-designated" persons of concern.".
As of October 5, 2005, the Government of Japan had disbursed US$ 52.78 million to UNHCR for the purposes of supporting refugees, internally displaced persons and other persons of concern to UNHCR in 2005;
Every year since 2001, UNHCR has been publishing its Statistical Yearbooks, disseminating data on over 150 countries regarding refugees, asylum-seekers and other persons of concern to UNHCR.
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