ICMCEUROPE WelcometoEurope.pdf (5.89 MB)

Preface ...................................................................................1
Acknowledgements ................................................................3
CHAPTER I – Resettlement and
international protection
1. International Protection....................................................9
1.1. Refugees in international law.................................................9
1.2. UNHCR mandate..................................................................10
1.3. International protection – needs and numbers....................11
1.4. Durable solutions.................................................................13
2. Resettlement...................................................................15
2.1. Definition ............................................................................15
2.2. Functions of resettlement....................................................15
2.3. Who is resettled?.................................................................15
2.4. Strategic use of resettlement...............................................18
Chapter II – Global resettlement
1. UNHCR Resettlement operations.....................................21
2. Global resettlement needs and capacity.........................21
3. Resettlement countries...................................................22
4. Mechanisms for global resettlement planning................23
5. Partnerships in resettlement...........................................24
5.1. Partnership mechanisms in resettlement............................25
5.2. States as resettlement partners...........................................25
5.3. NGOs as resettlement partners............................................26
5.4. International Organization for Migration (IOM)...................27
6. Global challenges for resettlement..................................28
7. Introducing the world’s largest
resettlement programmes...............................................29
7.1. Message from Australia.......................................................30
7.2. Message from Canada.........................................................35
7.3. Message from the United States..........................................38
Table of contents
Chapter III – Refugee
situations in focus
1. Africa............................................................................... 48
1.1. Congolese (DRC) refugees....................................................48
1.2. Somali refugees in Kenya and Ethiopia................................50
1.3. Eritrean refugees in Eastern Sudan......................................53
2. Americas..........................................................................54
2.1. The Colombian refugee situation.........................................54
3. Asia and Pacific................................................................57
3.1. Afghan refugees in Iran and Pakistan...................................57
3.2. Bhutanese refugees in Nepal