RELG 456 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Third Country Resettlement, Convention Relating To The Status Of Refugees, Transnational Child Protection
15 Jun 2018
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19/02/18 Refugees and IDPs
Definitions
- Refugees
o Oig to a ell-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, or
membership in a particular social groups or political opinion, is outside his country of
nationality and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the
protetio of that outr
o Oig to eteral aggressio, oupatio, foreig doiatio, or eets seriousl
disturig puli order… is opelled to leae his plae of haitual residee in order to
seek refuge outside his outr… OAU
- Internally displaced persons
UNHCR:
- Primary agency responsible for refugee protection under 1951 Refugee Convention
- Budget $6.2 billion
o Receives some core funding but around ¾ is tied to specific regions or countries
o 10800 staff in 128 countries
- Palestinians generally under UNRWA, not UNHCR
o 5.3 million
Protection
- UNHCR
- Legal protection
o Asylum rights
- Emergency basic needs
o Shelter, food, medical care
o Refugee camps
Challenges
- Negative effects of refugee flows
o Caps as agets
o Environmental impact
o Economic impact
o Health implications
o Political effects
- Refugee warriors
o Host-country responsibilities
o UNHCR dilemmas
Durable Solutions
- Repatriation
o Primary durable solution
o Internationally recognized right of refugees to return
- Local integration
o Roughly 10%
- Third country resettlement
o Roughly 1-2%
Refugee Repatriation:
- Repatriation
o Principle of non-refoulement
o Local political/security conditions
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Document Summary
Primary agency responsible for refugee protection under 1951 refugee convention. Budget . 2 billion: receives some core funding but around is tied to specific regions or countries, 10800 staff in 128 countries. Palestinians generally under unrwa, not unhcr: 5. 3 million. Emergency basic needs: shelter, food, medical care, refugee camps. Negative effects of refugee flows: ca(cid:373)ps as (cid:862)(cid:373)ag(cid:374)ets(cid:863, environmental impact, economic impact, health implications, political effects. Refugee warriors: host-country responsibilities, unhcr dilemmas. Repatriation: principle of non-refoulement, local political/security conditions, local socio-economic conditions. Importance of coordination: assistance/incentive packages, spontaneous vs. organized return. Around 500,000 refugees, 1 million idps: by 1999: 400,000 returns, by 2002: 1 million returns. Importance of return: crpc (cid:862)ope(cid:374) (cid:272)ities(cid:863) progra(cid:373) (cid:894)(cid:272)o(cid:374)ditio(cid:374)al aid(cid:895) March-july 2002: 1. 3 million assisted returns, transport allowance of - plus family kit containing plastic tarpaulin, soap, hygienic supplies and wheat flour from wfp, housing (re)construction assistance, 200,000 spontaneous returns, 200,000 idp returns.
