Acting together in a world on the move

The Global Migration Group (GMG) is an inter-agency group bringing together heads of agencies to promote the wider application of all relevant international and regional instruments and norms relating to migration, and to encourage the adoption of more coherent, comprehensive and better coordinated approaches to the issue of international migration.

Forced Migration

Legal and policy documents Irregular Migration and Mixed Flows: IOM's Approach (2009) IOM Challenges of Irregular Migration: Addressing Mixed Migration Flows (2008) A Thematic Compilation of Executive Committee Conclusions (4th edition), 2009, compiled by UNHCR United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and 1967 Protocol Statistical yearbooks and surveys 2008 Global Trends: Refugees, Asylum-seekers, Returnees, Internally Displaced and Stateless Persons, UNHCR, 2009 Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries 2008: Statistical Overview of Asylum Applications Lodged in Europe and Selected Non-European Countries, UNHCR, 2009 Databases UNHCR Statistical Online Population Database Publications Global Appeal 2009 Update, UNHCR Global Report 2008, UNHCR Useful links More information on the UNHCR website