Financials

A total of USD 157 million requested for the period January ‐ December 2018, including :

          - USD 72.1 million for Cameroon
          - USD 14.5 million for Chad
          - USD 69.5 million for Niger

The conflict in Syria continues to drive the largest refugee crisis in the world. Over 5.3 million Syrians are registered as refugees in neighbouring countries as of 1 December 2017. Despite the exceptional generosity demonstrated by host countries, host communities, and donors, most Syrian refugee families across the region continue to lack the necessary resources to meet their basic needs.

For 2018, the United Nations and NGO Partners are appealing for USD 4.4 billion to support ongoing national efforts to respond to the Syrian refugee situation, including addressing immediate protection and basic needs as well as resilience activities for refugees and host communities. This Regional Strategic Overview outlines the strategic directions of the 3RP approach, summarizes the nationally-led plans and describes each sector response across the region.

The situation inside Syria has remained fluid during 2017. While ongoing violence in many parts of the country led to large-scale displacement, other areas witnessed a relative decrease in violence compared to previous years. Against this backdrop, there was no large-scale arrival of refugees into neighbouring countries over the past year. However, the number of registered refugees increased from 4.8 million this time last year to 5.3 million this year due to the registration of an additional 570,000 Syrian refugees across the region. This primarily reflects newly registered Syrians (including new arrivals) as well as newborns in the five 3RP countries. Across the region, borders and admission practices remained closely managed, affecting the ability of many individuals to seek the protection they need.
 

Read the entire Syria 3RP Regional Strategic Overview here.

The Common Refugee Response Framewrok (CRRF) is in its early stages of development. As foreseen in the New York Declaration, the host country governments are taking the lead role in applying the CRRF at country-level, facilitated by UNHCR and with the support of a broad range of humanitarian and development actors. Strategies and implementation plans for the practical application of the CRRF are in place in all roll-out countries and are adapted to the local contexts.

This appeal is issued to cover UNHCR’s costs for supporting the work of the CRRF Task Team in 2017. It includes the CRRF Task Team in Geneva, UNHCR’s additional capacity to cover the development of the Global Compact for Refugees, as well as the most pressing staffing needs in the CRRF roll-out countries and regions. This appeal does not yet cover requirements for 2018. These are under consideration and as soon as they are approved the 2018 plans for the CRRF Task Team and the corresponding budget will be shared. The operational requirements of UNHCR and partners for the practical application of the CRRF at country and regional levels are also under consideration and will equally be shared once approved.

Costa Rica, Djibouti, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Somalia, the United Republic of Tanzania, and Uganda are the 11 CRRF roll-out countries at this stage. The principal criteria for selecting these countries is the agreement of the host country government to initiate applying a comprehensive refugee response and developing new approaches in accordance with it. As foreseen in the NYD, these countries equally provide a range of diverse geographic and operational contexts from which to derive lessons for the development and application of a truly new and comprehensive approach to protecting and seeking durable solutions for refugees.

UNHCR is appealing for USD 83.7 million in additional requirements for the period September 2017 – February 2018, including USD 57.3 million for 2017 and USD 26.4 million for 2018.
-       USD 7,7 million for Protection
-       USD 43.5 million for Basic needs and services
-       USD 5 million for Community Empowerment
-       USD 10.5 million for Establishment and management of camps and infrastructure
-       USD 9 million for Logistics and airlifts
-       USD 2.6 million for Emergency staff deployment
 

The revised requirements amount to USD 429.3 million to assist a planned population of 534,000 Burundian refugees in Tanzania, Rwanda, DRC and Uganda. The RRP has 30 partners. 

          - USD 38 million for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
          - USD 85 million for Rwanda
          - USD 233 million for Tanzania
          - USD 74 million for Uganda

USD 460.4 million* requested for Syria for the period August ‐ December 2017, including 156.2 million in additional requirements:
-         USD 14.8 million for Favourable protection environment
-         USD 4.1 million for Fair protection processes and documentation
-         USD 8.5 million for Security from violence/exploitation
-         USD 111 million for Basic needs and services
-         USD 1.8 million for Durable solutions
-         USD 16 million for Community empowerment and self-reliance
* These totals include 7% support costs for additional requirements

2016 was a year of extremes for the people of concern to UNHCR, with new or protracted crises across the world, on all continents. It was also one of financial extremes for UNHCR as it worked to protect people and mitigate the effects of conflict or displacement. It saw the Office end the year with its highest budget, of $7.509 billion, up from $6.546 billion at the beginning of the year.

A total of $179.5 million* requested for the period January ‐ December 2017, including:
         - $73.9 million for Nigeria
         - $38.7 million for the Cameroon
         - $14.6 million for Chad
         - $48.5 million for Niger
         - $0.2 million for regional and global activities

* All dollar signs in this document denote United States dollars. This total includes support costs (7%)

With an estimated 461,434 people of concern by the end of 2017, UNHCR is appealing for $421.2 million* for January to December 2017.This Appeal complements activities in a range of related processes and other appeals, with all of the planned activities in accordance with the multi-stakeholder, ‘whole-of-society’ approach endorsed in the New York Declaration.

Between January and June 2017, 2,171 refugees and migrants died or went missing in the central Mediterranean, many of them trying to cross from Libya to Italy.
Movements of refugees and migrants from Libya to Europe are increasing. Instability in Libya is hindering protection and creating an environment plagued with human rights abuses.
The scale of movements at the cross‐regional level highlights the specific risks refugees and migrants encounter while en route to Libya, and then onto Europe.
Given the specificities of the migration flows, and the context in Libya, the humanitarian response must be both flexible and comprehensive.

The proposed strategy is three pronged, with broad objectives and selected activities in countries of origin and or transit in sub-Saharan Africa, in North Africa, and in destination countries in Europe. In sub-Saharan Africa, UNHCR will target countries of asylum, origin and transit to mitigate identified protection risks along routes. Interventions will include raising awareness of risks and improving communication with communities likely to travel towards Libya. In North Africa, UNHCR will work to prevent refoulement; improve access to territory and asylum; conduct awareness raising and advocacy on the dangers of irregular migration; and enhance the overall protection space. In Europe, UNHCR will continue supporting, complementing and building existing government capacities to ensure effective and safe access to asylum, protection services and solutions for people of concern, with particular attention to those with specific needs and vulnerabilities.

* All dollar signs denote US dollars. This total includes regional and global activities, and support costs (7 per cent).

A total of USD  102.5 million* is requested for the period January ‐ December 2017, including:
          - USD 34.1 million for Angola
          - USD 65.8 million for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
          - USD 0.2 million for Regional and Global 

* This total includes support costs (7 per cent) 

A total of USD 65.5 million in financial requirements is requested for Angola for the period April ‐ December 2017:

         - USD 12.7 million for Protection
         - USD 4.1 million for Education
         - USD 9.2 million for Food
         - USD 9.3 million for Health and nutrition
         - USD 4 million for Livelihoods
         - USD 6.9 million for Logistics and telecoms
         - USD 8.5 million for Shelter and non-food items
         - USD 4.1 million for WASH
         - USD 6.9 million for Operational support

USD 75.5 million* requested for Libya for the period January ‐ December 2017, including 48 million in additional requirements:

         - USD 3.3 million for Favourable protection environment
         - USD 8.9 million for Fair protection processes and documentation
         - USD 8.4 million for Security from violence/exploitation
         - USD 40.3 million for Basic needs and services
         - USD 1.8 million for Durable solutions
         - USD 0.9 million for Community empowerment and self-reliance
         - USD 1 million for Leadership, coordination and partnerships
         - USD 7.9 million for Logistics and operations support

* These totals include 7% support costs for additional requirements

A total of $883.5 million* requested for the period January ‐ December 2017, including:
         - $9.8 million for CAR
         - $30.3 million for the DRC
         - $157.7 million for Ethiopia
         - $40.5 million for Kenya
         - $171.7 million for South Sudan
         - $99.3 million for Sudan
         - $347.4 million for Uganda

         - $0.7 million for HQ & Regional Coordination

* All dollar signs in this document denote United States dollars. This total includes support costs (7%)

A total of USD  250 million* is requested for the period January ‐ December 2017, including:
          - USD 12.2 million for Burundi
          - USD 22 million for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
          - USD 58 million for Rwanda
          - USD 56 million for Uganda
          - USD 98.3 million for the United Republic of Tanzania
 

* This total includes Zambia operation, regional activities and support costs (7 per cent) 

A total of USD 487.75 million* is needed in financial requirements for the Somalia situation for January to December 2017:

         - USD 20 million for Djibouti
         - USD 101 million for Ethiopia
         - USD 189 million for Kenya
         - USD 109 million for Somalia
         - USD 63 million for Yemen
 

* This total includes regional and global activities, and support costs (7 per cent).

A total of USD  1,382.9 million requested for the period January ‐ December 2017, including:
          - USD 13.8 million for Central African Republic
          - USD 72 million for Democratic Republic of the Congo
          - USD 313.6 million for Ethiopia
          - USD 88.6 million for Kenya
          - USD 221.7 million for Sudan
          - USD 673.2 million the for Uganda

A total of $170 million* requested for the period January ‐ December 2017, including:
         - $65 million for Nigeria
         - $38.7 million for the Cameroon
         - $14.6 million for Chad
         - $48.5 million for Niger
 

         - $216,000 for HQ & Regional Coordination

* All dollar signs in this document denote United States dollars. This total includes support costs (7%)

A total of $781.8 million* requested for the period January ‐ December 2017, including:
         - $9.8 million for CAR
         - $30.3 million for the DRC
         - $157.7 million for Ethiopia
         - $40.5 million for Kenya
         - $171.7 million for South Sudan
         - $68 million for Sudan
         - $283.8 million for Uganda

         - $476,251 for HQ & Regional Coordination

* All dollar signs in this document denote United States dollars. This total includes support costs (7%)

A total of USD 690.9 million is requested for the period January ‐ December 2017, including:

   - USD 525.9 million for Greece
   - USD 34.5 million for Turkey
   - USD 11.4 million for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
   - USD 39.2 million for Serbia
   - USD 21.2 million for other affected countries in Central and Southern Eastern Europe
   - USD 35.1 million for other affected countries in Northern, Southern and Western Europe
   - USD 23.7 million for regional activities

Read the entire Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan for Europe here.

A total of USD  1,212.9 million requested for the period January ‐ December 2017, including:
          - USD 13.8 million for Central African Republic
          - USD 72 million for Democratic Republic of the Congo
          - USD 313.6 million for Ethiopia
          - USD 88.6 million for Kenya
          - USD 166.7 million for Sudan
          - USD 558.2 million the for Uganda

A total of USD  406 million requested for the period January ‐ December 2017, including :

          - USD 34 million for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
          - USD 83 million for Rwanda
          - USD 217 million for Tanzania
          - USD 72 million for Uganda

Impact of reform on UNHCR’s organizational structures and operational capacity

Responding to unsustainable trends in structural costs and financial challenges within the organization, in 2006 UNHCR embarked upon a comprehensive set of internal reform measures. This was necessary to increase the percentage of resources directly devoted to protection, assistance and solutions for people of concern and to reduce the share of funding spent on the organization itself, a basic precondition to increasing UNHCR’s efficiency and improving its delivery.

Statelessness is a global problem with serious ramifications. UNHCR estimates that at least 10 million people around the world are stateless. Yet, experience has shown that with sufficient political will, it can be resolved. Building on the increased awareness and commitment by States to address statelessness, in November 2014, UNHCR launched the #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness by 2024.1 The achievement of the goals of the #IBelong Campaign is based on 10 Actions set out in the Global Action Plan (GAP) to End Statelessness.

A total of USD 4.7 billion requested for the period January ‐ December 2017, including :

          - USD 129.7 million for Egypt
          - USD 228.1 million for Iraq
          - USD 1.2 billion for Jordan
          - USD 2 billion for Lebanon
          - USD 890 million for Turkey
          - USD 160.6 million for regional activities

A total of USD  241.2 million requested for the period January ‐ December 2017, including :

          - USD 67.3 million for Cameroon
          - USD 19.6 million for Chad
          - USD 154.3 million for Niger

UNHCR is urgently appealing for $140.7 million* in financial requirements until the end of the year to support the repatriation of Afghans from Pakistan. Taking into account $40.5 million re-prioritized from within the existing budgets, this brings total requrements for this revised supplementary appeal to $181.2 million 

         - $130 million for Afghanistan
         - $10.7 million for Pakistan

* All dollar signs in this document denote United States dollars. This total includes 7% support costs.

In 2015, UNHCR launched multi-year, multi-partner planning pilots in six operations—Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ghana, Senegal, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania—to test new approaches to the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of UNHCR country programmes. The aim is to provide tools for UNHCR to develop more innovative long-term programmes with partners, which are complementary to ongoing development efforts and enable UNHCR to be a more predictable partner.

USD 40 million* in financial requirements for Nigeria for the period August ‐ December 2016, including 12.3 million in additional requirements for August - December 2016 in Nigeria**:

         - USD 3.6 million for Coordination/partnership
         - USD 0.8 million for Self-reliance
         - USD 8 million for Security from violence/exploitation
         - USD 6.9 million for Protection
         - USD 16.3 million for Basic needs/services
         - USD 3.5 million for Logistics/operational support
         - USD 0.06 million for HQ/regional coordination

* These totals include 7% support costs for additional requirements
** All dollar signs in this document denote United States dollars

$USD 104.7 million* in financial requirements is needed until the end of the year to support the repatriation of Afghans from Pakistan, including $64.2 million in supplementary requirements ($53.5 for Afghanistan and $10.7 for Pakistan, including support costs):

         - USD 94 million for Afghanistan
         - USD 10.7 million for Pakistan

* All dollar signs in this document denote United States dollars. This total includes 7% support costs.

In light of the recent and rapid expansion in the number of emerging resettlement countries willing to develop resettlement programmes, a need has been identified to set up a platform specifically designed to facilitate and channel in a strategic and coordinated manner, the support needed by new and emerging resettlement countries to start these programmes.

Focusing on 16 countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East – which collectively host 2.1 million refugee children of school-age (5-17 years), an estimated 57 per cent of whom are out of school – this document highlights targeted activities and requirements that could enable tens of thousands of refugee children to enrol in school during the upcoming academic year. These activities also seek to support retention of currently enrolled students; redress classroom over-crowding and a lack of qualified teachers; provide critical learning materials; and generally contribute to a safe and protective learning environment for all students.

Throughout 2015, increasing numbers of people risked their lives to cross the Mediterranean Sea in search of safety and protection in Europe. By early January 2016, more than 1 million refugees and migrants had crossed the Mediterranean, including more than 850,000 who arrived in Greece from Turkey. From January to July 2016 some 260,000 people had arrived in Southern Europe. The majority originate from countries affected by conflict, with 48 per cent of those who arrived in Greece originating from the Syrian Arab Republic (Syria), 25 per cent from Afghanistan, and 15 per cent from Iraq.

A total of USD  323,9 million requested for the period January ‐ December 2016, including :

          - USD 25 million for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
          - USD 95,2 million for Rwanda
          - USD 176,6 million for Tanzania
          - USD 27,1 million for Uganda

A total of USD 484.8 million* in financial requirements is requested for the period January ‐ December 2016, including 115.4 million* in additional requirements for July - December 2016 in Kenya and Somalia:

         - USD 20 million for Djibouti**
         - USD 71.3 million for Ethiopia**
         - USD 236.9 million for Kenya
         - USD 148.8 million for Somalia

* These totals include regional activities and support costs (7%) for additional requirements.
** No additional requirements are requested in response to the Somalia Situation in Djibouti and Ethiopia.

A total of USD  180.6 million* requested for the period January ‐ December 2016, including:
          - USD 15.5 million for Burundi
          - USD 8.1 million for the DRC
          - USD 60 million for Rwanda
          - USD 70 million for Tanzania
          - USD 14.3 million for Uganda
          - USD 0.25 million for Zambia 

* This total includes regional activities and support costs (7%) 

A total of USD  701,6 million requested for the period January ‐ December 2016, including :           - USD 9,3 million for Central African Republic
          - USD 14,8 million for Democratic Republic of the Congo
          - USD 276,4 million for Ethiopia
          - USD 49,5 million for Kenya
          - USD 157,9 million for Sudan
          - USD 193,7 million the for Uganda

While early last year there was a sense of optimism about the situation in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the country has reverted back to a humanitarian emergency, combined with dire socioeconomic conditions. Since mid-2015, a series of political, security and economic developments in Afghanistan have affected its people and forced large numbers out of their homes with, in the last year and a half, over 500,000 people newly displaced within the country. There are now some 1.2 million internally displaced people in Afghanistan. Today, Afghans constitute the second largest group of new arrivals in Europe.

A total of USD  669.9 million is requested for the period January ‐ December 2016, including :

          - USD 466.8 million for Greece
          - USD 73.9 million for Turkey
          - USD 26 million for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
          - USD 20.7 million for Serbia
          - USD 7.4 million for Croatia
          - USD 6.9 million for Slovenia
          - USD 67.9 million for regional activities

Read the revised Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan for Europe here.

In order to scale up resettlement and solutions initiatives, UNHCR has established a supplementary budget totalling USD 39.2 million in additional requirements in 2016, including support costs.

Read the entire Supplementary Appeal here.

A total of USD 4,55 billion requested for the period January ‐ December 2016, including :

          - USD 146,6 million for Egypt
          - USD 298,3 million for Iraq
          - USD 1,1 billion for Jordan
          - USD 1,7 billion for Lebanon
          - USD 806,9 million for Turkey
          - USD 435,5 million for regional activities

A total of USD  345,7 million requested for the period January ‐ December 2016, including :

          - USD 130,8 million for Cameroon
          - USD 89,8 million for Chad
          - USD 96,8 million for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
          - USD 28,3 million the for the Republic of the Congo

A total of USD  198,8 million requested for the period January ‐ December 2016, including :

          - USD 56,4 million for Cameroon
          - USD 30,3 million for Chad
          - USD 112,1 million for Niger

A total of USD 94,1 million is requested for the period January - December 2016, including 

          - USD 39.3 million for Somalia
          - USD 29 million for Djibouti
          - USD 20 million for Ethiopia
          - USD 4,3 million for Sudan