Mauritania

 

Operation: Opération: Mauritania

Location

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Key Figures

2020 planning figures
100% of primary school-aged Malian refugee children will be enrolled in primary education
100% of refugee children under 12 months old will have their birth certificates issued by the authorities 
39% of Malian refugees (18-59 years) will have increased self-reliance through own business or self-employment
15% of refugee and asylum-seeker youth (15-24 years) in urban areas will be enrolled in certified livelihoods training 
2018 year-end results
5,900 new arrivals registered at Mbera camp during the year
500 children registered in primary and secondary education for the 2018/2019 academic year
200 income-generating activities were set up for refugees and host communities in Mbera, as well as training programmes for more than 200 people
83  refugees from the Central African Republic, Senegal, and Syria departed for resettlement

People of Concern Personnes relevant de la compétence du HCR

3%
Increase in
2019
2019 86,458
2018 84,322
2017 78,183

 

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Mauritania

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Operational Environment

Mauritania has maintained its generous open-door policy towards refugees and asylum-seekers. Signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention and OAU Convention, UNHCR continues its advocacy for the adoption of a national asylum law. The law will enhance refugee protection, self-reliance and integration into national development plans.
 
The instability in Mali has evolved from an emergency to a protracted situation requiring a shift to longer-term, solutions-oriented responses. Following a profiling exercise completed recently in Mbera camp, a strategy based on vulnerabilities will be rolled out for assistance in 2019. Due to the unstable situation in northern Mali, large scale returns of Malian refugees are still not expected in 2019. UNHCR will continue to advocate with development actors to improve the self-reliance of refugees and their host community residing in Bassikounou, close to the border with Mali.
 
In urban areas, UNHCR will continue to respond to the protection needs of refugees and asylum-seekers, and support the Government of Mauritania in addressing mixed movements in a protection-sensitive way, as the crossing from Libya to Europe becomes more difficult and the Western African route to Europe more active.
 
UNHCR works closely with the Government of Mauritania, UN agencies, NGOs and donors under the umbrella of the UN Sustainable Development Partnership Framework, which integrates humanitarian and development interventions and includes a strategy to strengthen peaceful coexistence and self-reliance for refugees and host communities in Mauritania.
 
Current activities that aim at strengthening refugees’ livelihoods will have a higher chance for impact if care and maintenance activities addressing basic needs and food security in the camp are also funded at an adequate level.
 
In 2019, both financial and technical support is required to ensure the provision of basic health services is maintained in Mbera camp after the departure of Doctors Without Borders. Overall, the lack of adequate funding could jeopardize the results achieved so far and increase instability in an already volatile region.
 

Key priorities

In 2019, UNHCR will focus on:
  • Ensuring protection and access to essential services;
  • Empowering refugees in becoming self-reliant;
  • Supporting the host population to promote peaceful coexistence;
  • Providing refugees with access to durable solutions;
  • Advocating with authorities towards the adoption of a national asylum law and issuance of documentation for refugees in Mauritania.
Latest contributions
  • 25-JUN-2020
    New Zealand
    $1,297,017
  • 22-JUN-2020
    France
    $24,325,877
  • 19-JUN-2020
    Japan
    $55,646
  • 18-JUN-2020
    Switzerland
    $265,675
  • 17-JUN-2020
    Belgium
    $162,867
  • Sweden
    $172,374
  • 16-JUN-2020
    Qatar

    private donors

    $2,000,000
  • Estonia
    $56,883
  • 10-JUN-2020
    Kuwait
    $2,600,000
  • 08-JUN-2020
    Canada
    $725,689
  • 04-JUN-2020
    Egypt

    private donors

    $1,800,000
  • Japan
    $60,583
  • 31-MAY-2020
    Germany

    private donors

    $2,273,071
  • Malaysia

    private donors

    $236,672
  • Spain

    private donors

    $6,697,838
  • China

    private donors

    $821,610
  • United Arab Emirates

    private donors

    $1,179,124
  • Philippines

    private donors

    $164,687
  • Thailand

    private donors

    $470,206
  • Saudi Arabia

    private donors

    $277,187