Morocco
Operation: Morocco
Location
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Latest update of camps and office locations 21 Nov 2016. By clicking on the icons on the map, additional information is displayed.
Key Figures
| 2017 planning figures | |
| 100% | of registered refugee children of school age will receive regular financial assistance for their education |
| 4,600 | new asylum-seekers and refugees will be registered with UNHCR |
| 2,300 | refugee referrals to public primary health centers will be conducted |
| 700 | vulnerable refugee families will receive financial assistance on average every month |
| 90 | refugees will benefit from support for income-generating activities |
| 2015 end-year results | |
| 4,237 | asylum-seekers registered in 2015, which represented a 125% increase when compared to 2014 |
| 1,235 | asylum-seekers were identified by partners in northern Morocco and referred to UNHCR for registration as safe alternative to perilous illegal onward movement |
| 885 | vulnerable refugee households deemed vulnerable (23% per cent of the refugee population) were assisted with monthly financial assistance |
| 40% | of the refugee population were assisted with medical referrals/medical care |
| 85% | of needs for primary education were met |
| 83 | refugee households received assistance to undertake income- generating projects |
| 100 | cases were submitted for resettlement |
Latest Updates
People of Concern
80%
Increase in
2015
2015
| 2015 | 5,473 |
| 2014 | 3,048 |
| 2013 | 4,973 |
[["Refugees",3908],["Asylum-seekers",1565]]
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Budgets and Expenditure for Morocco
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2015
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CHOOSE A YEAR
- 2015
- 2017
Working environment
While the over 6,000 refugees and asylum seekers in Morocco come from 49 countries, more than 60 per cent of them are from the Syrian Arab Republic. Having historically been a transit country, Morocco is now also becoming a destination country for refugees.In September 2013, the Government of Morocco launched a new strategy on immigration and asylum. This policy laid the ground for UNHCR to transfer refugee protection responsibilities to the Government. Pending the adoption of a national law on asylum, UNHCR works with transitional structures for refugee protection and assistance.
Refugees are residing across 44 localities throughout Morocco, primarily in Casablanca, Rabat and Oujda. Some 20 per cent of refugees have registered specific medical or protection needs.
Key priorities
In 2017 UNHCR’s operation will focus on:• Supporting the Government in the establishment of a national asylum system;
• the continuation of registration and refugee status determination procedures in cooperation with the authorities;
• the provision of humanitarian aid and protection to refugees, particularly to the most vulnerable;
• institutional capacity-building for national actors involved in asylum management;
• the implementation of durable solutions for refugees, focusing on social-professional integration or resettlement to a third country for the vulnerable.