History
2024
2024
A revamped Refworld is launched, providing for a new design, improved functionalities and bringing together the English, Russian and Spanish sites on the same system. The legacy version of Refworld can still be visited on UNHCR's Web Archive
2019
2019
Users searching for country-of-origin information on the English version of Refworld are referred to www.ecoi.net, a website managed by UNHCR’s longstanding partner, the Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD), affiliated with the Austrian Red Cross.
2017
2017
A Spanish version of Refworld is launched.
2013
2013
An updated version of Refworld is made available with improved search functionalities, containing 167,000 documents. A Russian version of Refworld is launched as well.
2007
2007
Refworld launches as an online tool containing some 76,000 documents relating to situations in countries of origin, policy documents and positions, and documents relating to international and national legal frameworks.
1995
1995
Refworld’s collection of protection information is published in CD-ROM and DVD formats for governments, libraries, bar associations, UN agencies, academic institutions, non-governmental organizations, legal clinics and individuals working with refugees and asylum-seekers.
1990
Launch of an offline “computerized database on Refugee Literature” - Refworld's predecessor - by UNHCR's Centre for Documentation on Refugees containing 6,500 legal and policy documents: REFLIT
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