Repatrianten

Steeds minder vrijwillige terugkeer
We zien al jaren een dalende trend met betrekking tot vrijwillige terugkeer doordat veel conflicten en oorlogen blijven voortduren.

Als mensen vrijwillig willen terugkeren zal UNHCR ze daarbij zoveel mogelijk ondersteunen. Ook als, in uitzonderlijke gevallen, UNHCR het land als nog niet voldoende veilig beoordeelt. Wij roepen staten dan op om nog niet over te gaan tot gedwongen uitzetting.

In 2016 zijn 552.200 mensen vrijwillig teruggekeerd. Daarvan werd 90% door UNHCR ondersteund.

Vluchtelingen

vluchtelingen

Staatlozen

A man collects rubbish at San Pedro de Macoris municipal dump. ; Tens of thousands of Dominicans of Haitian descent were deprived of their Dominican nationality following a 2013 ruling by the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic. UNHCR has appealed to the Dominican government to ensure that these people are not deported and is committed to working with the Dominican authorities to find a solution for them that guarantees protection of their human rights.

Ontheemden

An Internally Displaced girl pumps water near her family's mud house in Minarets informal settlement in the center of Herat city. Families in this urban settlement fled their homes around the year 2000 for security reasons. ; Families settled in 2000, the provincial governor at the time gave permission to settle here but no formal documents were given. Recently the IDP's have been facing eviction threats.

Structurele oplossingen

In Wommels (Friesland) wonen twee gezinnen van de Bhutanese familie Chhetri. De kinderen zitten op de plaatselijke basisschool De Oplslach. Hun namen en leeftijden zijn Prajita (4, roze pakje), Diksha (8, speelt buiten), Pranita (9, blokjesblouse) en Priyanka (12, grijs shirtje).

Asielzoekers

Mother with her son and daughter, from Iran seeking asylum in Austria, in a temporary family accommodation at Asfinag. The Asfinag centre is on the former site of a roadworks company, on the outskirts of Salzburg, a short distance from the border with Germany. Refugees and migrants arrive here directly by bus from the Slovenian border, brought by the Austrian authorities, and most will move on to Germany, and are accommodated in heated tents with camp beds and blankets. For those seeking asylum there are more permanent structures, with family groups separated from single males. Food is provided by volunteers three times a day. ; More than 643,000 refugees and migrants arrived in Europe via the Mediterranean sea this year, including 502,500 in Greece only. Many of the refugees and migrants are desperate to move quickly onwards to Western Europe, fearing that borders ahead of them will close. Although reception capacities have been stepped up the rising numbers has put the  Austrian reception system under strain. Many newcomers as well as transiting refugees and migrants are temporarily accommodated in sports- and music halls, former office buildings etc., with those wishing to stay waiting sometimes for weeks to get proper accommodation. With the winter approaching, aid has also been stepped up at the borders. At all border crossings where refugees are arriving or leaving – currently from Slovenia to Austria and from Austria to Germany – large heated tents which can hold up to a few thousand persons have been put up and NGOs, volunteers and authorities are providing basic services.

Repatrianten