Local Integration
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Millions of refugees around the world live year after year with little hope of ever returning home. Some cannot because their countries are engulfed by endless conflict or because they fear persecution if they were to return.
In cases where repatriation is not an option, finding a home in the country of asylum and integrating into the local community could offer a durable solution to their plight and the chance to build a new life.
Local integration is a complex and gradual process with legal, economic, social and cultural dimensions. It imposes considerable demands on both the individual and the receiving society. In many cases, acquiring the nationality of the country of asylum is the culmination of this process. UNHCR estimates that, over the past decade, 1.1 million refugees around the world became citizens in their country of asylum.
Evaluation and Research Papers on Refugee Integration
- Evaluation of the UNHCR Quality Integration Project In the United Kingdom Attachments: Evaluation management response - Annexes (.zip) Jul 2017
- Evaluation of the UNHCR Quality Integration Project In the United Kingdom - annexes Jul 2017
- Evaluation of the UNHCR Quality Integration Project In the United Kingdom - management response Jul 2017
European Series
- UNHCR Resettlement Needs, Complementary Pathways, and Key Priorities for 2023: Summary of UNHCR Recommendations to the European Union 1 Jul 2022
- UNHCR Resettlement Needs, Complementary Pathways, and Key Priorities for 2022: Summary of UNHCR Recommendations to the European Union 9 Jul 2021
- UNHCR Updated Recommendations to the European Union - EU Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 31 Aug 2020