UNHCR Population Statistics Access Gateway

This Model Context Protocol (MCP) service interface is engineered to provide programmatic access to datasets maintained by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). It empowers autonomous agents to extract crucial metrics pertaining to forced migration, covering aggregate population counts, details on formal applications for refugee status determination (RSD), and final determinations made on those applications.

Data retrieval operations can be precisely scoped using criteria such as the nation of origin, the nation providing asylum, and specific calendar years.

This gateway interfaces with the official UNHCR Statistical Data Portals.

Capabilities Overview

• Retrieve statistics on the volume of forcibly displaced persons.
• Access datasets detailing Refugee Status Determination (RSD) application submissions.
• Access datasets detailing final Refugee Status Determination (RSD) adjudication results.
• Apply constraints based on country of origin (via ISO3 identifiers), country of asylum (via ISO3 identifiers), and time interval(s).
• Provision for holistic breakdowns of figures aggregated across all originating countries and all hosting countries.

Connection Protocol

To integrate this MCP node, utilize the following Uniform Resource Locator within your configuration: https://smithery.ai/server/@rvibek/mcp_unhcr

Ensure appropriate host or client configuration parameters are established.

Backend API Mapping and Input Variables

The service translates internal requests to the following foundational URL structure: https://api.unhcr.org/population/v1/ employing these specific resource paths: - population/ - asylum-applications/ - asylum-decisions/

Key mapping parameters utilized when invoking the underlying UNHCR API: - cf_type: Explicitly fixed to the value "ISO". - coo: Geographic filter targeting the source territory (ISO3 code format; supports comma-separated lists). - coa: Geographic filter targeting the recipient territory (ISO3 code format; supports comma-separated lists). - year[]: Temporal constraint for filtering (e.g., "2023" or a sequence like ["2022", "2023"]). Defaults implicitly to the year 2024 if unspecified. - coo_all: Boolean flag; when true, mandates a granular breakdown by every country of origin. - coa_all: Boolean flag; when true, mandates a granular breakdown by every country of asylum.

Exposed MCP Functions

The service node exposes the following functional interfaces for agent interaction:

get_population_data

Retrieves statistical figures regarding the global displaced populace from the UNHCR repository.

Arguments: - coo (optional): Constraint parameter specifying origin territory via ISO3 code(s), allowing multiple entries separated by commas. - coa (optional): Constraint parameter specifying asylum territory via ISO3 code(s), allowing multiple entries separated by commas. - year (optional): Temporal specification filter (single year or multiple years delineated by commas). Defaults to the calendar year 2024 if omitted. - coo_all (optional, boolean): Indicator to enable comprehensive aggregation across all source nations. Defaults to False. - coa_all (optional, boolean): Indicator to enable comprehensive aggregation across all host nations. Defaults to False.

get_rsd_applications

Fetches tabulated records pertaining to submissions for Refugee Status Determination.

Arguments: - coo (optional): Origin jurisdiction specification (ISO3 code list, comma-separated). - coa (optional): Host jurisdiction specification (ISO3 code list, comma-separated). - year (optional): Time-frame specification for the data slice (e.g., "2023" or multiple values). Defaults to 2024. - coo_all (optional, boolean): Flag to mandate total breakdown by every origin country. Defaults to False. - coa_all (optional, boolean): Flag to mandate total breakdown by every asylum country. Defaults to False.

get_rsd_decisions

Retrieves finalized disposition records concerning Refugee Status Determination requests.

Arguments: - coo (optional): Origin country identifier(s) (ISO3 format, comma-delimited). - coa (optional): Asylum country identifier(s) (ISO3 format, comma-delimited). - year (optional): The designated reporting year or list of years. Default setting is 2024. - coo_all (optional, boolean): If set to True, forces a complete breakdown across all nations of origin. Initial state is False. - coa_all (optional, boolean): If set to True, forces a complete breakdown across all nations providing asylum. Initial state is False.

Development Roadmap

• Integrate parameters for range-based temporal queries: year_from and year_to.
• Incorporate data retrieval from the nowcasting endpoint.
• Integrate data retrieval from the resettlement endpoint.

Permissive Terms

MIT

Attributions

This service leverages aggregated datasets sourced from the UNHCR Statistical Repository on Refugee Populations.

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