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Global TrendsBy the end of 2010, therewere more than 10.55 millionrefugees under UNHCR’s responsibility,including some597,000 people in refugee-likesituations. (6) A total of 14.7 million IDPs,including more than 242,000 people inIDP-like situations, were receiving humanitarianassistance under arrangementsin which UNHCR was either thelead agency or a key partner. This wasthe second highest figure on record.The number of returnees shows a divergentpicture. While an estimated 2.9million IDPs were able to return homeduring the year, the highest level in atleast a decade, only 197,600 refugees repatriatedvoluntarily, the lowest numberin more than 20 years. The asylumseekerpopulation, that is people whoseasylum applications had not yet beenadjudicated by the end of the reportingperiod, was estimated at 837,500. During2010, UNHCR identified 3.5 millionstateless persons in 65 countriesand estimated the total number of statelesspersons worldwide at three timeshigher that number, or some 12 millionpeople. (7) In addition, there were 1.3 millionindividuals who did not fall into anyof the above categories (known as “othergroups or people of concern”) but whoreceived protection and/or assistancefrom UNHCR based on humanitarianor other special grounds. •5 See page 37 for a definition of each population group.6 Four-fifths of the 597,000 people in a refugee-like situation arelocated in Bangladesh, Ecuador and Venezuela (the BolivarianRepublic of).7 Refugees and asylum-seekers that are at the same time alsostateless persons are not included in this figure. They are reflectedin the figures relating to the refugee and asylum-seeker groupsconcerned.Fig. 2 Refugees and IDPs protected/assisted by UNHCR| 2001-2010 (end-year)1614121086420(in millions)‘01 ‘02 ‘03 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 ‘09 ‘10RefugeesIDPs protected/assistedUNHCR Global Trends 20107