Resettlement
In this section
Introduction
Resettlement is the transfer of refugees from an asylum country to another State that has agreed to admit them and ultimately grant them permanent residence. As a durable solution, resettlement helps refugees build a better future, eases the pressure on host countries and contributes to a more equitable responsibility sharing. Below is an overview of key documents on refugee resettlement.
Legal Instruments
UN General Assembly
- Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 14 December 1950
- Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 28 July 1951
- Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, 30 January 1967
Executive Committee and Standing Committee Documents
ExCom Documents
Note on International Protection, A/AC.96/1222, 19 July 2022
No. 108 (LIX): General Conclusion on International Protection (2008)
No. 67 (XLII): Resettlement as an Instrument of Protection (1991)
StandCom Documents
- Solutions, EC/74/SC/CRP.13, 24 May 2023
- Note on International Protection, EC/74/SC/CRP.11,5 June 2023
- Solutions, EC/73/SC/CRP.13, 24 June 2022
- Solutions, EC/72/SC/CRP.12, 17 June 2021
- Note on International Protection, EC/72/SC/CRP.10, 17 June 2021
- Note on International Protection, EC/71/SC/CRP.9/Rev.1, 5 July 2020
- Resettlement and Complementary Pathways, EC/71/SC/CRP.10, 3 July 2020
- Solutions, EC/70/SC/CRP.12, 28 May 2019
- Solutions, EC/69/SC/CRP.10/Rev.1, 7 June 2018
- Note on International Protection, EC/SC/69/CRP.8, 4 June 2018 EC/74/SC/CRP.13 EC/74/SC/CRP.13 EC/74/SC/CRP.13 EC/74/SC/CRP.13
- Protracted Refugee Situations, EC/54/SC/CRP.14, 10 June 2004
Policy Documents
Handbooks
- Resettlement Handbook (external link)
- Emergency Handbook (external link)
- Integration Handbook (external link)
- Resettlement Country Chapters (external link)
Strategy Documents
- Third Country Solutions for Refugees: Roadmap 2030, June 2022
- UNHCR Three-Year Strategy (2019 - 2021) on Resettlement and Complementary Pathways, June 2019
- Global Compact on Refugees, 2018
- Global Compact for Refugees Digital Platform (external link)
UNHCR
- UNHCR’s key calls to the European Union, UNHCR Recommendations to the European Union, Resettlement Needs, Complementary Pathways, Key priorities for 2024, July 2023
- UNHCR Resettlement Needs, Complementary Pathways and Key Priorities for 2023: Summary of UNHCR Recommendations to the European Union, June 2022
- UNHCR Resettlement Needs, Complementary Pathways, and Key Priorities for 2022: Summary of UNHCR Recommendations to the European Union, July 2021
- UNHCR Recommendations to the European Union: Resettlement Needs and Key Priorities for 2021: Summary of UNHCR Recommendations to the European Union, October 2020
Research and Reports
UNHCR
- Global Compact on Refugees: Indicator Report 2023
- Global Compact on Refugees: Indicator Report 2021
- UNHCR Reference Paper: Resettlement policy and practice: evolution of a life-saving protection tool, 30 July 2021
- UNHCR - Migration Policy Institute Europe Report, Refugee Resettlement and Complementary Pathways: Opportunities for Growth, September 2021
UNHCR, The Impact of Government-Sponsored Refugee Resettlement: A Meta Study of Findings from Six Countries, December 2020
Projected Global Resettlement Needs (PGRN)
- UNHCR Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2024, June 2023
- UNHCR Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2023, June 2022
- UNHCR Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2022, June 2021
- UNHCR Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2021, June 2020
- UNHCR Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2020, June 2019
- UNHCR Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2019, June 2018
- UNHCR Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2018, June 2017
- UNHCR Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2017, June 2016 (external link)
- UNHCR Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2016, June 2015
- UNHCR Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2015, June 2014
- UNHCR Projected Global Resettlement Needs 2014, June 2013