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ANNUAL TRIPARTITE CONSULTATIONS on RESETTLEMENT Geneva, 14 – 15 June 2005 ANNUAL TRIPARTITE CONSULTATIONS ON RESETTLEMENT Geneva, 14 – 15 June 2005 ___________________________________________ UNHCR PROJECTED GLOBAL RESETTLEMENT NEEDS 2006 Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2006 Table of Contents Table of Preliminary Projections -------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Introduction ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 AFRICA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Great Lakes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Refugees in Burundi Refugees in the Central African Republic (CAR) Refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Refugees of the Republic of Congo (ROC) Refugees in Gabon Refugees in Rwanda Refugees in Tanzania East and Horn of Africa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21 Refugees in Chad Refugees in Djibouti Refugees in Eritrea Refugees in Ethiopia Refugees in Kenya Refugees in Somalia Refugees in Sudan Refugees in Uganda West and Central Africa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 35 Refugees in Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger and Togo Refugees in Cameroon Refugees in Côte d’Ivoire Refugees in Gambia Refugees in Ghana Refugees in Guinea Refugees in Guinea-Bissau, Mali and Senegal Refugees in Liberia Refugees in Nigeria Refugees in Sierra Leone Southern Africa ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52 Refugees in Angola Refugees in Botswana Refugees in Malawi Refugees in Mozambique Refugees in Namibia Refugees in South Africa, Swaziland and the Indian Ocean Islands Refugees in Zambia Refugees in Zimbabwe THE AMERICAS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 63 Refugees in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay Refugees in Costa Rica Refugees in Cuba Refugees in Ecuador Refugees in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Belize Refugees in Venezuela, Peru, Aruba and Curazao 1 ASIA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 70 South Asia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 70 Refugees in Bangladesh Refugees in India Refugees in Nepal Refugees in Sri Lanka East Asia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 76 Refugees in Cambodia Refugees in the People’s Republic of China (including Hong Kong SAR) and Mongolia Refugees in Indonesia Refugees in Malaysia Refugees in Thailand EUROPE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 87 Eastern Europe ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 87 Refugees in Armenia Refugees in Azerbaijan Refugees in Belarus Refugees in Georgia Refugees in Russian Federation Refugees in Ukraine South-Eastern Europe --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 96 Refugees in Albania Refugees in Bosnia and Herzegovina Refugees in Croatia Refugees in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fyROM) Refugees in Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) Refugees in Turkey CASWANAME ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 108 Central Asia --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 109 Refugees in Kazakhstan Refugees in Kyrgyzstan Refugees in Tajikistan Refugees in Turkmenistan Refugees in Uzbekistan South-West Asia ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 118 Refugees in Iran Refugees in Pakistan North Africa and The Middle East ----------------------------------------------------------- 121 Refugees in Egypt Refugees in Jordan Refugees in Lebanon Refugees in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar Refugees in Syria Refugees in Yemen Appendix: Projected Global Resettlement Needs by Country of Origin -------------- 133 2 UNHCR Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2006 Sub- Country of Asylum** Individuals in Capacity Potential Region* need of to Process Group Resettlement*** Individual Submissions**** Needs Africa Great Lakes Burundi 2310 210 Central African Republic (CAR) 125 125 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) 608 203 Republic of Congo (ROC) 100 100 Gabon 500 100 Rwanda 1300 200 Tanzania 2000 2000 ●●●●● East and Horn of Africa Chad Djibouti 952 300 Eritrea 500 300 Ethiopia 2930 1000 ●●●●● Kenya 2050 2050 ●●●●● Somalia 300 300 Sudan 450 450 ●●●●● Uganda 1400 1400 West and Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger Central Africa and Togo 475 475 Cameroon 470 470 Gambia 102 102 Ghana 2050 1000 Guinea 1000 1000 Guinea-Bissau, Mali and Senegal 598 598 Ivory Coast 400 105 Liberia 220 220 Nigeria 240 240 Sierra Leone 1000 450 Southern Africa Angola 50 50 Botswana Malawi 570 250 Mozambique 1050 1050 Namibia 25 25 South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho and The Indian Ocean Islands 585 335 Zambia 2220 700 ●●●●● Zimbabwe 403 178 Africa TOTAL: 26,983 15,906 3 The Americas Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay 10 10 Costa Rica 600 525 Cuba 55 55 Ecuador 1000 650 Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua 15 15 and Belize Venezuela, Peru, Aruba and Curazao 300 130 The Americas TOTAL: 1,980 1,385 Asia South Asia Bangladesh 410 410 India 500 500 Nepal 200 200 ●●●●● Sri Lanka 67 67 East Asia Cambodia 510 260 People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong SAR and Mongolia 288 288 Indonesia 101 101 Malaysia 2000 2000 Thailand 625 565 ●●●●● Asia TOTAL: 4,701 4,391 Europe Eastern Europe Armenia 20 20 Azerbaijan 900 900 Belarus 40 40 Georgia 150 150 Russian Federation 910 463 Ukraine 600 250 South-Eastern Europe Albania 22 22 Bosnia and Herzegovina 150 150 Croatia 15 15 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fyROM) 35 35 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) 55 55 Turkey 2350 2350 Europe TOTAL: 5,247 4,450 4 CASWANAME Central Asia Kazakhstan 145 55 Kyrgyzstan 40 40 Tajikistan 100 100 Turkmenistan 55 55 Uzbekistan 300 300 South-West Asia Iran 1500 1200 Pakistan 830 830 North Africa and the Middle Egypt 1000 1000 East Jordan 2176 2176 Lebanon 1321 1004 Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman and 90 90 Qatar Syria 930 930 Yemen 1,240 500 CASWANAME TOTAL: 9,727 8,280 48,638 34,412 GLOBAL TOTAL: * Region and Sub-region: Countries in this report are grouped according to the established regional boundaries as covered by the geographic Bureaux of UNHCR. ** Country of Asylum: Figures indicate resettlement need and expected submissions according to countries of asylum, not by country of origin. *** Needs and Capacity: Where possible, this report indicates both the number of refugees considered by UNHCR to be in need of resettlement, as reported by individual Field Offices, and the anticipated number of resettlement submissions given the capacity of that Field Office. **** Potential Group Submissions: Shaded areas indicate countries of asylum where UNHCR has preliminarily identified caseloads which may be further reviewed for potential submissions as groups. 5 GLOBAL RESETTLEMENT NEEDS IN 2006 Introduction This report provides an overview of UNHCR’s projection of both resettlement needs among refugee populations of concern to UNHCR, as identified by UNHCR Field Offices, and anticipated resettlement submissions for 2006. The document is intended to help the reader appreciate the various situations in which UNHCR and the international community are responding to resettlement need, to assist resettlement countries in planning their activities, and to assist UNHCR in prioritising its own activities and allocation of resources. The conditions and needs presented in this document have been synthesised from Country Operation Plans (COPs) submitted by UNHCR Field Offices for 2006. While preparing their COPs for 2006, all Field Offices undertook a six-step exercise to proactively plan for future resettlement needs of refugee populations under their responsibility and to identify the resources required to meet that resettlement need. As part of the exercise, Field Offices were requested to subdivide each refugee population into large categories reflecting group characteristics, such as country of origin, ethnicity or religion. These groups were then further sub-divided according to characteristics linked to their refugee experience, such as cause and date of flight or political affiliation. Field Offices were then requested to consider the current protection needs and durable solutions prospects in the medium to long term for each sub-group. If resettlement was identified as the most appropriate durable solution for the sub-group, or for sections of the sub-group, the Field Office was requested to identify the relevant submission criteria that would best apply to the caseload, according to Chapter 4 of the Resettlement Handbook. The process also called for both the identification of actual resettlement need within the refugee population and an estimation of how many refugees the office would be able to process for resettlement given their current resettlement capacity and staffing levels. In this respect, the process is part of on-going efforts to assess resettlement needs more comprehensively and to plan for resource requirements associated with achieving the goal of enhanced resettlement activities worldwide. The 2006 needs projection includes the identification of caseloads with potential for group submission. In an effort to operationalise resettlement as a durable solution and to increase
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