Chapter 4 Map 4 | Asylum-seekers (with pending cases) | end-2019 Germany United States of America Peru Turkey Brazil Number of people 1,000,000 500,000 100,000 A country is named if it features among the five largest per population group. The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. and quality of its procedures. In 2017, it began issuing updated chapters of the RSD Procedural Standards, including an important chapter on legal representation. 56 UNHCR plans to release a complete revised RSD Procedural Standards in 2020 and will implement it gradually. It has also encouraged and supported States to adopt differentiated case processing strategies where appropriate and to make their procedures fair and adaptable. The number of refugee recognitions over the last decade through group procedures (7.4 million) and temporary protection group procedures (7.6 million), as well as the number of States now processing using simplified and/or accelerated procedures shows that many States are already implementing diversified modalities. Positive developments include: • Mexico applying simplified determined procedures for certain case profiles with high recognition rates • Brazil recognizing thousands of Venezuelans as refugees on a prima facie basis after the application of the Cartagena Declaration • Malawi declaring certain groups of Congolese (DRC) as refugees on a prima facie basis These examples show there are still opportunities within the asylum system to increase efficiency and reduce the time that people spend waiting for a decision on their status. As these new processes are introduced, it will be important that States adhere to procedural safeguards and use fair, high-quality procedures as they implement their GCR pledges so that all asylum-seekers can access procedures and articulate their claims within a system that prioritizes international protection needs. 56 See: https://www.refworld.org/docid/56baf2c84.html UNHCR > GLOBAL TRENDS 2019 45