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Refugees and UNHCR

Refugees and UNHCR. UNHCR Regional Office for the United States and the Caribbean. History. 1921 - Nansen named 1 st High Commissioner for Refugees 1945 – WWII ends with 3 million refugees still homeless 1950 – UNHCR is founded 1951 – Refugee Convention is adopted

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Refugees and UNHCR

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  1. Refugees and UNHCR UNHCR Regional Office for the United States and the Caribbean

  2. History 1921 - Nansen named 1st High Commissioner for Refugees 1945 – WWII ends with 3 million refugees still homeless 1950 – UNHCR is founded 1951 – Refugee Convention is adopted 1950-60s – Hungarian, Algerian, Tibetan, and Rwandan outflows 1975 – SE Asia exodus begins 1980’s – Afghan, Ethiopian, Iranian, Central American outflows 1990’s – Bosnian, Liberian, Rwandan, Somali, & Sudanese outflows 2000’s – Darfuri, Iraqi, & Congolese outflows 2012-2013 – 1 million + Syrians flee

  3. Who is a refugee?Of the 7,000,000,000 persons in the world 15,000,000+ are refugees.

  4. “Refugee” – A universal definitionArticle (1) 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees A refugee is any person who owing to a “well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside of his country of nationality, and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country …”

  5. Rights of Refugees Non Refoulement Non- Return • Civil Rights • Religion • Association • Property • Access to courts • Movement • Naturalization • Documentation • I.D. docs • Travel docs • Social Rights • Education • Employment • Public Assistance/Relief • Housing

  6. Durable solutions Repatriation Local Integration Resettlement

  7. Steps for Refugee Resettlement Resettlement country refugee status determination and admissibility procedures Refugee status determination or registration process Submission Clearances Identification of a need for resettlement Travel Reception & Integration

  8. How Refugees Access the US Resettlement Program Individual Referrals by US Embassies UNHCR Overseas NGOs Designated groups of concern to the US Family Reunion

  9. Nationalities of refugeesresettled to the US in 2012

  10. Nationalities of persons granted asylum in the US in 2012

  11. More information on refugees • WWW.UNHCR.ORG • Data.UNHCR.org • UNHCR Refworld • WWW.UNHCRWASHINGTON.ORG • Refugee Processing Center – • www.wrapsnet.org • Office of Refugee Resettlement -http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/ • Center for Applied Linguistics - www.cal.org

  12. Thank you!

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