UNHCR-NGO Toolkit for Practical Cooperation on Resettlement: 1. Operational Activities – Identification and Referral of Refugees in Need of Resettlement: Field Examples

Resettlement, June 2015

a) Report: UNHCR-NGO Collaboration Around Resettlement Identification

The Report analyzes data collected from global field surveys completed by UNHCR and NGO staff in early 2015 on the topic of NGO engagement in identification and referral of refugees to UNHCR for resettlement consideration. The results of the survey were presented at the UNHCR Annual Tripartite Conference on Resettlement and the UNHCR Annual Consultations with NGOs in mid-2015.

• UNHCR-NGO Collaboration Around Resettlement

b) NGO examples from around the globe

Many NGOs around the globe collaborate with UNHCR around identification and referral of refugees for resettlement consideration. Here are a few examples of NGOs and their best practices for such engagement:

• Refugee Legal Aid Project, St. Andrew's Refugee Services (Cairo, Egypt)

• HIAS Latin America (Quito, Ecuador)

• IRAP (Amman, Jordan)

• Refugee Consortium of Kenya (Nairobi, Kenya)

• Lawyers for Human Rights/RefugePoint (Johannesburg, South Africa)