unhcr.asylum.applications
Get UNHCR asylum application counts — number of new asylum claims filed by year and country. Data includes procedure type (G=Government, U=UNHCR), application type (N=New, A=Appeal), decision level (FI=First Instance, AR=Appeal/Review), and applicant category (P=Person). Filter by year, country o...
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What unhcr.asylum.applications does on Apibase
AI agents call unhcr.asylum.applications to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
coa | string | — | ISO 3-letter country code for country of asylum, e.g. DEU (Germany), TUR (Turkey), COL (Colombia). Omit to include all asylum countries. |
coo | string | — | ISO 3-letter country code for country of origin, e.g. SYR (Syria), AFG (Afghanistan), UKR (Ukraine). Omit to include all origin countries. |
year | integer | — | Reference year for the statistics (1951–present). Omit to return all years (paginated). |
limit | integer | — | Number of records to return per page (1–100, default 10). |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why unhcr.asylum.applications is rated Low
Retrieves historical asylum statistics from public UNHCR datasets with no side effects or data modification.
From the tool's definition Get UNHCR asylum application counts, number of new asylum claims filed by year and country.
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The rule that runs unhcr.asylum.applications safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For unhcr.asylum.applications, this is the rule to start with:
unhcr.asylum.applications is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Apibase, apply this rule, and every unhcr.asylum.applications call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about unhcr.asylum.applications
Get UNHCR asylum application counts — number of new asylum claims filed by year and country. Data includes procedure type (G=Government, U=UNHCR), application type (N=New, A=Appeal), decision level (FI=First Instance, AR=Appeal/Review), and applicant category (P=Person). Filter by year, country of origin ISO3 (coo), or country of asylum ISO3 (coa). Covers 1951–present with totals when available. Paginated; default 10 items. UNHCR Data License — open humanitarian data, no upstream cost. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
unhcr.asylum.applications accepts 4 parameters: coa, coo, year, limit. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for unhcr.asylum.applications: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Apibase. Nothing to install.
unhcr.asylum.applications is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the unhcr.asylum.applications rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for unhcr.asylum.applications. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
unhcr.asylum.applications is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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