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  Migration Policy Institute  schreef:  The global refugee protection regime is under pressure, with the gap between the number of forcibly displaced persons and the solutions available to address their displacement growing. Yet countries are showing new innovation in the design of resettlement programmes and in facilitating access to complementary pathways to aid people in need of protection, including through work and study visas. A new report from MPI Europe and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency offers a global mapping of refugee resettlement and complementary pathways, with recommendations for how these programmes could potentially be scaled up. Providing examples from Asia and the Pacific, Europe, and the Americas, the report also takes a closer look at five case study countries—Finland, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States.          Lees het artikel hier: https...

This week’s European Commission proposal for a “pact on migration and asylum” focuses mostly on stemming irregular migration at EU borders. It thus largely  forgets  to address Europe’s share in responsibility for the millions of refugees who cannot show up to ask for asylum there. A second "resettlement pact" is therefore urgently required to relieve pressure from countries like Turkey , Lebanon and many others , which currently take care of an unevenly high number of displaced people. Voluntarily relocating more refugees does not have to be a burden for Europe, it can actually create great synergy. A strong reduction of the share of agriculture in the economy and a lack of viable job alternatives for young people has left many smaller rural European communities depopulating and aging. To establish a new equilibrium, powerful diversification to non-agricultural activities is required. Meanwhile, Internet-based work options and tele-services offer...

Susanne Brokmose Manager of the DRC Stand-by Roster at Danish Refugee Council Dear all, if you have experience with resettlement and/or BID, if you are not a member of ICMC already and if you would like to be considered for membership of one of the oldest Stand-by Rosters to the UN - Danish Refugee Council Stand-by Roster - then send me your CV/P11 and references to susanne.brokmose@drc.dk . If you speak French/Arabic that will be an advantage. Please share this notification with anyone you think could be interested and relevant. Kind regards, Susanne (Head of the DRC Stand-by Roster) https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/still-looking-resettlement-experts-susanne-brokmose?trk=hp-feed-article-title-like Interessant artikel? Deel het eens met uw netwerk en help mee met het verspreiden van de bekendheid van dit blog. Er staan wellicht nog meer artikelen op dit weblog die u zullen boeien. Kijk gerust eens rond. Zelf graag wat willen plaatsen? Mail d...

Resettlement Every year the Netherlands invites about five hundred refugees to settle in our country. Most of these refugees come from refugee camps. COA makes the preparations for their arrival in the Netherlands. COA also maintains contacts with the municipalities that will house them. Refugees Many refugees flee to a refugee camp or a city in the region where they come from, usually in a neighbouring country. Eritrean refugees, for example, flee to a Kenyan refugee camp and Iraqi refugees to Beirut, in Lebanon. After a while some refugees can return to their country of birth or become integrated in their new country, although this is far from always the case. Resettlement programme The UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, has implemented a programme for refugees who cannot return to their homes and are not safe in the region where they fled. This programme offers the refugees an opportunity to settle in another country. The Netherlands is affiliated with...

The least Britain can do for Syria's refugees In response to the desperate plight of Syrian  refugees  ( Migration: politics of fear , 31 December) we are writing in support of the Refugee Council's campaign to urge the government  to allow some of them to settle in the UK . We in the Jewish community know only too well the perils of being refugees and the indifference that too often meets their attempt to find sanctuary. Syrians now make up the largest refugee group in the world. It is estimated there are more than 2.2 million, 1 million of whom are children, deeply traumatised by their experiences. We appreciate that this is not a job for Britain alone, but we must do our fair share, and join other European countries who have already pledged to take in Syrian refugees. This is why we are calling for the government to work with UNHCR and the international community to establish a worldwide resettlement programme. It is the very least we can do. Dr Edie Friedman ...

Refugees who fled fighting in Libya to Tunisia's Choucha refugee camp are in the process of being resettled. © www.marcsilver.net  Mawaheb Elnour was studying medicine when her family had to flee the conflict in Libya. This is her story of losing a home, finding a home, and everything that happened in between I was living in Tripoli with my parents, two brothers and sister and had just finished my second year studying medicine when the conflict started in Libya. Our neighbourhood was constantly under NATO air strikes. Fire was coming down on us every day from the sky. Everyone on the streets was carrying weapons and bullets were flying. When you live like that, you try to act cool. But we were scared. My parents were terrified. Years ago they fled to Libya from Darfur – now they were in danger again. One day, the air strikes were so intense that all the windows and doors at home were blown open. We arrived to Choucha refugee camp in Tunisia in May 2011...