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Resettlement
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Refugees are not always able to return safely home or to remain in the country where they received asylum. There are situations in which resettlement to a third country is the only safe and viable durable solution for refugees. Thanks to the generosity of resettlement countries and the tireless endeavour of local non-governmental organisations, resettlement has become a fundamental element of the system for the international protection of refugees.
What is resettlement?
Resettlement under the auspices of UNHCR has a dual character. While it serves as a tool to ensure the protection of refugees, it is also one of the three durable solutions to bring the plight of refugees to an end. It also addresses the special needs of refugees which cannot be met adequately in the country of refuge. Resettlement is also a burden/responsibility sharing.
The Integration Initiative
To complete the continuum of resettlement as a truly durable solution for refugees, UNHCR must be responsive to the subsequent issues arising in the context of integration in the resettlement countries. As a joint initiative by the tripartite partners in resettlement, the Integration Initiative endeavors to encourage the exchange of "best practices" and to mainstream the Principles endorsed at the International Conference on the Reception and Integration of Resettled Refugees.
Resettlement under the auspices of UNHCR has a dual character. While it serves as a tool to ensure the protection of refugees, it is also one of the three durable solutions to bring the plight of refugees to an end. It also addresses the special needs of refugees which cannot be met adequately in the country of refuge. Resettlement is also a burden/responsibility sharing.
The Integration Initiative
To complete the continuum of resettlement as a truly durable solution for refugees, UNHCR must be responsive to the subsequent issues arising in the context of integration in the resettlement countries. As a joint initiative by the tripartite partners in resettlement, the Integration Initiative endeavors to encourage the exchange of "best practices" and to mainstream the Principles endorsed at the International Conference on the Reception and Integration of Resettled Refugees.
Reinforcing field capacity: Training and workshops
UNHCR develops training programmes and materials to enhance the capacity of resettlement operations in the field to perform quality resettlement and create more opportunities for transparent and efficient programmes.
Emerging resettlement countries
New countries have recently started to implement resettlement programmes in co-operation with UNHCR.
UNHCR develops training programmes and materials to enhance the capacity of resettlement operations in the field to perform quality resettlement and create more opportunities for transparent and efficient programmes.
Emerging resettlement countries
New countries have recently started to implement resettlement programmes in co-operation with UNHCR.
| Main countries of resettlement of refugees in 2006* | |
| United States | 41,300 |
| Australia | 13,400 |
| Canada | 10,700 |
| Sweden | 2,400 |
| Norway | 1,000 |
| New Zealand | 700 |
· Source: Governments /
UNHCR.
Table source:
2006 Global Trends.
* Provisional estimates as at 16 July 2007.
Durable Solutions in Practice: Worldwide Context Resettlement
Presentation by Vincent Cochetel, Deputy Director, DIPS, to the conference "Resettlement as a Durable Solutions", held in Bucharest, Romania, from 7-9 May 2008 (pdf, 193 Kb). All the conference documents are available on the official website of the conference: http://www.enaro.eu/
dsip/presentations.php (external link)
Partnerships in resettlement
Resettlement could not operate without the co-operation of NGOs and government authorities. How does this strategic partnership operate?
Annual Tripartite Consultations (ATC)
The Consultations are an important vehicle for UNHCR’s co-operation with Governments and NGOs and a mechanism to enhance partnership. The Consultations offer a forum to review progress on resettlement issues during the year, but more importantly, to re-focus and shape a joint strategy on resettlement.
UNHCR Resettlement HandbookNovember 2004 edition of the UNHCR Resettlement Handbook. The Country Chapters are updated regularly by the competent government authorities.
Integration Handbook: Refugee ResettlementA handbook on the reception and integration of resettled refugees.
Integration Initiatives: Supporting Next Steps
An inventory of opportunities and needs in the integration of resettled refugees
(large pdf file, 2.3Mb)
Refugee Consultationsin Bangladesh
Published March 2007, this report summarises the outcome of consultations held in March 2007 with refugees from Northern Rakhine State in Myanmar in the two refugee camps of Nayapara and Kutupalong in Bangladesh.