Plateforme de connaissances

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Guidelines on the Applicable Criteria and Standards relating to the Detention of Asylum-Seekers and Alternatives to Detention

These Guidelines are intended to provide guidance to governments, parliamentarians, legal practitioners, decision-makers, including the judiciary, as well as other international and national bodies working on detention and asylum matters, including non-governmental organisations, national human...

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11 décembre 2020

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Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement

Forced Displacement and Educational Outcomes: Evidence, Innovations, and Policy Indications

This issue focuses on the impacts of forced displacement on education outcomes for internally displaced populations, refugees and their host communities. It further looks at some of the policies and interventions that provide strong evidence for a shift towards national inclusive education systems...

Date of publication:

01 décembre 2020

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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

‘On this journey, no one cares if you live or die’ Abuse, protection, and justice along routes between East and West Africa and Africa’s Mediterranean coast

This report draws on data collected by the Mixed Migration Centre’s 4Mi monitors along the route to map the places where migrants interviewed in 2018 and 2019 most frequently reported deaths and other human rights violations. The recommendations included in this report call for measures to hold...

Date of publication:

30 juillet 2020

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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2020

This Background Note provides information about gender equality in legal provisions in nationality laws which relate to conferral of nationality to children.

Date of publication:

14 juillet 2020

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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

IOM-UNHCR Framework document on developing standard operating procedures to facilitate the identification and protection of victims of trafficking

This document intends to encourage the development of standard operating procedures (SOPs) between IOM and UNHCR at field level, and suggests a procedure for cooperation to ensure that the available expertise, capacities, and potential of each organization are effectively employed and coordinated to...

Date of publication:

01 juin 2020

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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Options Paper 1: Options for governments on care arrangements and alternatives to detention for children and families

Reception and placement options in the immigration context for children and families should be non-custodial and with appropriate case management support. They should respect the principle of minimum intervention and fulfil the best interests of the child, along with his/her rights to liberty and...

Date of publication:

31 décembre 2019

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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Coming Together For Refugee Education. Education Report 2020

Coming Together for Refugee Education' is the fifth annual education report from UNHCR. The 2019 data in the report is based on reporting from twelve countries hosting more than half of the world’s refugee children.

Date of publication:

31 décembre 2019

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Engaging With Employers In The Hiring Of Refugees

This document outlines a 10-point multi-stakeholder action plan. For employers, refugees, governments and civil society. It draws on extensive consultations with employers and others who play a key role in promoting the integration of refugees in local and national labour markets. The Action Plan...

Date of publication:

01 janvier 2019

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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Guidelines on Assessing and Determining the Best Interests of the Child

Building on the practice of strengthening national child protection systems and on 10 years of implementation of UNHCR’s Guidelines on Determining the Best Interests of the Child (Best Interests Determination (BID) Guidelines) (May 2008), these updated BIP Guidelines replace both the 2008 BID...

Date of publication:

18 novembre 2018

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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Mapping of Existing International and Regional Guidance and Tools on Averting, Minimizing, Addressing and Facilitating Durable Solutions to Displacement Related to the Adverse Impacts of Climate Change

This report offers a mapping that allows policymakers with an overview of international and regional guidance and tools regarding displacement and climate change.

Date of publication:

01 septembre 2018

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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Policy Guide on Entrepreneurship for Migrants and Refugees

This inter-agency document offers practical guidance to policymakers and development partners on leveraging entrepreneurship as an effective way to include migrants and refugees in local economies. It offers practical guidance to governments and development and humanitarian partners on how best...

Date of publication:

06 août 2018

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International Organization for Migration (IOM)

A Toolbox: Planning Relocations to Protect People from Disasters and Environmental Change

This Toolbox seeks to provide concrete suggestions for States and other actors who are contemplating or planning to relocate people in order to protect them from disasters and environmental change. It aims to complement the Guidance for Protecting People from Disasters and Environmental Change...

Date of publication:

01 janvier 2018

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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Guidelines on Mainstreaming Migration into Local Development Planning

These guidelines aim to assist local and regional authorities in enhancing their efforts to mainstream migration, into all governance areas, for enhanced policy coherence in migration and development. These Guidelines achieve this through a set of indicators that show how migration and development...

Date of publication:

31 décembre 2017

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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

General legal considerations: search-and-rescue operations involving refugees and migrants at sea

UNHCR guidance regarding law of the sea, non-refoulement, and rescue and interception at sea.

Date of publication:

01 novembre 2017

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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Mixed Migration Trends in Libya: Changing Dynamics and Protection Challenges

The study not only provides cross-border analysis of refugees and migrants’ journeys from their countries of origin to Libya but also looks into their living conditions once inside the country. It builds on previous research analysing migration routes and trends in Libya, in particular Altai...

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04 juillet 2017

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Analysis

The way forward to strengthened policies and practices for unaccompanied and separated children in Europe

This paper captures concrete recommendations for efficient, lean, and harmonised processes which ensure children are protected and can access procedures and solutions in accordance with their best interests. It is a result of a consultative process carried out by UNHCR, UNICEF and IRC with around...

Date of publication:

01 juillet 2017

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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

The Sustainable Development Goals and Addressing Statelessness

This report from looks at the linkages between the SDGs and UNHCR’s statelessness mandate and the #IBelong Campaign to End Statelessness in 10 Years.

Date of publication:

01 mars 2017

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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Protection-Sensitive Entry Systems (Chapter 3)

This training manual provides guidance on Protection-Sensitive Entry Systems which has a broader meaning than the commonly used term “border control” and captures the fact that migration policies and strategies regulating access to territory have undergone significant changes and now include...

Date of publication:

01 janvier 2017

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