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Chapter IV – The Resettlement Process: from Identification to Departure
• The submission priority of the
resettlement case. Some resettlement
countries have allocated
specific numbers (sub-quotas) of
resettlement places for emergency
or urgent cases and developed
accelerated procedures for their
departure.
• Family links of the submitted
refugee(s) in resettlement countries.
• Special allocations within resettlement
quotas by resettlement
countries. Most resettlement countries
allocate part or all of their
resettlement places to specific
refugee populations. Some also
allocate quotas for specific submission
categories such as women
and girls at risk, children and adolescents
at risk, and medical cases
for example via the Twenty-or-More
programme 17 .
• Selection criteria and admission
priorities of resettlement countries
which may affect the likelihood
of particular submissions being
accepted for resettlement.
• Health requirements of the
refugee(s) and their family members
and the availability of appropriate
treatment in resettlement countries.
• Language ability of the refugee(s)
and their family members.
• The refugee’s expressed preference
for a particular resettlement country
(where possible). 18
17 See Chapter VI for more details
18 UNHCR Resettlement Handbook, 2011
UNHCR field offices are responsible
for selecting the resettlement country
to which a case will be submitted.
UNHCR’s Resettlement Service supports
this process by providing information
on resettlement countries’
quota allocations and submission
procedures.
2.4. The resettlement
submission
A resettlement submission consists
of the RRF, any supporting documentation
and a covering memo or
email from the UNHCR Accountable
Officer for resettlement activities 19
authorising the submission.
Depending on the policy of the
selected resettlement country, resettlement
submissions are routed from
field offices through UNHCR’s Regional
Resettlement Hubs or Regional
Offices, through the Processing Unit
at UNHCR Headquarters or directly to
resettlement countries.
The Processing Unit of the
Resettlement Service at UNHCR headquarters
coordinates all resettlement
submissions on a dossier basis that are
designated as emergency or urgent,
acting as a central liaison between
19 The UNHCR officer accountable for resettlement
activities within the field office is designated by the
UNHCR representative/Head of Office and senior
staff in charge of protection. In the absence of a designated
Resettlement Officer, a member of UNHCR‘s
protection staff is designated as accountable.