un policy and standards migrants vs refugees
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UN policy and standards migrants vs refugees
UNHCR Skopje Representation
Actual migration route and response to the refugee crisis,
Mohammad Arif, UNHCR Skopje Representative, Contact: [email protected]; +389 2 3118 641 1
• The agency was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly with a mandate to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country. It also has a mandate to help stateless people.
• Since 1950, the agency has helped tens of millions of people restart their lives. Today, a staff of more than 9,300 people in 123 countries continues to help and protect millions of refugees, returnees, internally displaced and stateless people.
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Mohammad Arif, UNHCR Skopje Representative, Contact: [email protected]; +389 2 3118 641
Worldwide displacement is at the highest level ever recorded. The number of people forcibly displaced at the end of 2014 rose to a staggering 59.5 million compared to 51.2 million a year earlier and 37.5 million a decade ago.
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Source: UNHCR Global Trends Report: World at War, June 2015
Over half the world's refugees are children.
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Source: UNHCR Global Trends Report: World at War, June 2015
Photo: UNHCR/Lj.Brashnarska
Mohammad Arif, UNHCR Skopje Representative, Contact: [email protected]; +389 2 3118 641
- Since UNHCR began monitoring the departures from Gevgelija on 1 July 2015, nearly 550,000 refugees and migrants departed as of 15 November 2015.
- During the first 15 days of November, the average number of departures from the Vinojug reception centre is 6,641 per 24 hours.
- The majority of people using this route are from Syria (according to MoI statistics 63%) Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Iran and other countries, most of which belong to the top refugee producing countries.
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Local and global challenges for UNHCR and partners
Mohammad Arif, UNHCR Skopje Representative, Contact: [email protected]; +389 2 3118 641
The world is more and more challenging for humanitarian organizations such as UNHCR and the Red Cross.
Methods of meeting the challenges: -Diplomacy -Engaging all resources-More fundraising -Networking and creation of lasting and effective synergy with partners
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Mohammad Arif, UNHCR Skopje Representative, Contact: [email protected]; +389 2 3118 641
Operational measures: -Setting up of Vinojug reception centre -Setting up of Tabanovce refugee aid point-Medical aid (through Red Cross) -Legal aid (through Macedonian Young Lawyers Association) -Psycho-social support (through Open Gate La Strada) -Coordination of food, water and clothes distribution -Provision of non-food and food itemsDiplomacy and supporting of policy making, capacity building of state institutions, provision of training, study visits, etc.
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UNHCR Skopje RepresentationEmergency Operation
Mohammad Arif, UNHCR Skopje Representative, Contact: [email protected]; +389 2 3118 641
Thank you for your attention
8Mohammad Arif, UNHCR Skopje Representative,
Contact: [email protected]; +389 2 3118 641