What is Resettlement?

Have you ever wondered how📍𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 change the refugee community?

UNHCR had been on the frontlines handling every displacement crisis. At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of countries had closed their borders 🚧 for accepting travellers and asylum-seekers. As a result, resettlement activities had decreased 📉significantly because the partner states had cancelled their selection missions.

Resettlement is a life-saving tool as it offers an escape from poverty and rights violence. It promises the refugees with decent jobs, healthcare, education for kids and definitely a 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄 🏠.

Let’s have a look 👀 at the story of Hannan and her family travelling all the way from Syrian to Lebanon and finally settling down in Stockholm, Sweden.

Kindly check the website below for more information:

2,590 UNHCR Submissions and 2,051 departures

https://www.unhcr.org/en-my/resettlement-data.html

UNHCR Projected Global Resettlement Needs. https://www.unhcr.org/en-my/protection/resettlement/60d320a64/projected-global-resettlement-needs-2022-pdf.html

Resettlement to Sweden provides lifeline for Syrian family

https://www.unhcr.org/neu/65739-resettlement-to-sweden-provides-lifeline-for-syrian-family.html

The UNHCR in 2021: Refugee Resettlement as a Challenge of Underfunding, Power Imbalance and Impartiality

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-unhcr-in-2021-refugee-resettlement-as-a-challenge-of-underfunding-power-imbalance-and-impartiality/