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UNHCR Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2005 ANNUAL TRIPARTITE CONSULTATIONS ON RESETTLEMENT Geneva, 15 – 16 June 2004 ___________________________________________ UNHCR PROJECTED GLOBAL RESETTLEMENT NEEDS 2005 Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2005 Table of Contents Table of Preliminary Projections -------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Introduction ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 AFRICA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Great Lakes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Refugees in Burundi Refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Refugees of the Republic of Congo (ROC) Refugees in Rwanda Refugees in Tanzania East and Horn of Africa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 19 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 32 Refugees in Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger and Togo Refugees in Cameroon Refugees in the Central African Republic (CAR) Refugees in Côte d’Ivoire Refugees in Gabon Refugees in Gambia Refugees in Ghana Refugees in Guinea Refugees in Guinea-Bissau Refugees in Mali Refugees in Nigeria Refugees in Senegal Refugees in Sierra Leone Southern Africa ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48 Refugees in South Africa, Swaziland and the Indian Ocean Islands Refugees in Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi THE AMERICAS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 53 Refugees in Costa Rica Refugees in Cuba Refugees in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Belize Refugees in Venezuela, Panama, Peru, Ecuador, Surinam, and Guyana Refugees in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay ASIA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 58 South Asia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 58 Refugees in Bangladesh Refugees in India Refugees in Nepal Refugees in Sri Lanka 1 East Asia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 62 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 70 Eastern Europe ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 70 Refugees in Armenia Refugees in Azerbaijan Refugees in Belarus Refugees in Georgia Refugees in Russian Federation Refugees in Ukraine South-Eastern Europe --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 77 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) Southern Europe --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 83 Refugees in Turkey Refugees in Cyprus and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Refugees in Malta CASWANAME ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 88 Central Asia --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 89 Refugees in Kazakhstan Refugees in Kyrgyzstan Refugees in Tajikistan Refugees in Turkmenistan Refugees in Uzbekistan South-West Asia ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 95 Refugees in Iran Refugees in Pakistan North Africa and The Middle East ----------------------------------------------------------- 98 Refugees in Egypt Refugees in Jordan Refugees in Lebanon Refugees in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain Refugees in Syria Refugees in Yemen Appendix: Projected Global Resettlement Needs by Country of Origin -------------- 106 2 UNHCR Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2005 Sub- Country of Asylum** Individuals in Capacity Potential Region* need of to Process Group Resettlement*** Individual Submissions **** Needs Africa Great Lakes Burundi 500 500 Democratic Republic of 400 400 Congo (DRC) Republic of Congo (ROC) 420 80 ????? Rwanda 1,220 595 ????? Tanzania 1,200 1,200 ????? East and Djibouti 100 100 Horn of Africa Eritrea 590 235 ????? Ethiopia 720 570 ????? Kenya 2,050 2,050 ????? Somalia 390 390 Sudan 1,000 1,000 Uganda 820 510 ????? West and Benin 90 45 Central Africa Burkina Faso 35 35 Cameroon 495 200 ????? Central African Republic 100 25 (CAR) Côte d’Ivoire 450 450 ????? Gabon 1,000 300 Gambia 20 20 Ghana 300 300 ????? Guinea 1,700 1,700 ????? Guinea-Bissau 10 10 Mali 40 40 ????? Niger 15 15 Nigeria 150 150 ????? Senegal 200 200 ????? Sierra Leone 600 500 ????? Togo 30 30 Southern Indian Ocean Islands 20 20 Africa (Madagascar, The Comoros, Seychelles, Mauritius) Malawi 500 100 South Africa and Lesotho 250 150 Swaziland 15 15 Zambia 820 400 ????? Zimbabwe 500 150 Africa TOTAL: 16,750 12,485 3 The Americas Costa Rica 525 525 Cuba 35 35 Ecuador 720 620 Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua 15 15 and Belize Peru 220 120 Venezuela 180 180 Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay 10 10 The Americas TOTAL: 1,705 1,505 Asia South Asia Bangladesh 5 5 India 200 200 Nepal 20 20 ????? Sri Lanka 60 60 East Asia Cambodia 170 170 People’s Republic of China and Hong Kong SAR 367 367 Indonesia 250 250 Malaysia 2,150 800 Thailand 820 250 ????? Asia TOTAL: 4,042 2,122 Europe Eastern Europe Armenia 3 3 Azerbaijan 360 360 Belarus 18 18 Georgia 200 200 Russian Federation 750 750 Ukraine 650 250 South-Eastern Albania 40 40 Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina 150 150 Croatia 15 15 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fyROM) 50 50 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) 350 350 Southern Europe Turkey 2,500 2,500 ????? Cyprus / Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) 10 10 Malta 50 50 Europe TOTAL: 5,146 4,746 4 CASWANAME Central Asia Kazakhstan 45 45 Kyrgyzstan 120 120 Tajikistan 600 600 Turkmenistan 50 50 Uzbekistan 400 400 South-West Asia Iran 2000 1300 Pakistan 690 690 North Africa and the Middle Egypt 1,750 1,750 East Jordan 450 450 ????? Lebanon 550 550 Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and 380 380 Bahrain Syria 725 725 Yemen 1423 200 CASWANAME TOTAL: 9,183 7,260 36,826 28,118 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 2005 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 2005. 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 2004. While preparing their COPs for 2005, 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 under their responsibility 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 more comprehensively assess resettlement needs and to adequately plan for resource requirements associated with
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