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1. UNHCR RESETTLEMENT
OPERATIONS
UNHCR is mandated to provide international
protection for refugees and
to assist states to find durable solutions
for them. As such, UNHCR offices
play a central role in the coordination,
planning and implementation of
resettlement activities at all levels and
stages of the process.
The Resettlement Service of the
Division of International Protection
at UNHCR Headquarters in Geneva is
responsible for:
• assisting field offices and Regional
Bureaus to develop resettlement
activities in different operational
contexts;
• setting standards and guidelines for
resettlement work;
• assessing global resettlement needs;
• managing resettlement dossier submissions;
and
• coordinating the establishment and
implementation of resettlement
programmes in emerging resettlement
countries.
Regional Resettlement Hubs in Nairobi
(Kenya) 1 and Beirut (Lebanon) coordinate
and monitor the implementation
of UNHCR resettlement criteria and
policies, as well as support the work in
field offices in their respective regions.
The regional approach has been
adopted for these areas in response
to the comparatively large numbers of
field offices involved in resettlement in
the regions. The main function of the
Hubs is to improve coordination and
planning at the regional level, ensuring
greater consistency and transparency
in the processing of resettlement. In
other regions, UNHCR field offices
coordinate the implementation of
resettlement activities and communicate
directly with the Resettlement
Service. 2
2. GLOBAL
RESETTLEMENT NEEDS
AND CAPACITY
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Global resettlement needs are
increasing. For 2014, UNHCR estimates
a global total of 691,000 persons as in
need of resettlement, not including
the possible resettlement needs generated
by the massive outflow of Syrian
refugees into neighbouring countries. 3
Currently, resettlement countries
around the world make around 86,000
places available for UNHCR resettlement
submissions. 4
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1 The Nairobi Hub support resettlement activities in
the following 13 countries: Burundi, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia,
Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South
Sudan, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.
2 In addition to the two Hubs, Regional Resettlement
Officers in Dakar and Pretoria play an important
role in coordinating and providing support to resettlement
activities in their respective regions.
3 UNHCR, Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2014
4 Ibid.
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