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REFUGEES (CLUSTER 8) You are here: Home / Operations / Integrated Approach / IDPs & Refugees |
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Welcome to Cluster 8 - IDPs & Refugees section of the UN Iraq Web Portal. The purpose of this section is to provide information on activities related to IDPs & Refugees, undertaken by the United Nations and its partners. General information on the Cluster Overview: As a result of years of suppression, war and deprivation, several million Iraqis have been uprooted and displaced inside and outside Iraq as refugees, asylum seekers and rejected asylum seekers,migrants and internally displaced. While the newly established Iraqi Ministry of Displacement and Migration bears the main responsibility for the well-being, protection, return and reintegration of these displaced, Cluster 8 provides crucial support to the ministry and the vulnerable populations. What are the main goals? On the longer term, Cluster 8 aims at ensuring that Iraqi authorities apply international protection principles and standards to the uprooted populations, including refugees, IDPs and returnees. Basic assistance and humane treatment to the displaced should be assured and sustainable return, relocation and peaceful reintegration into society, aspired to. The complex nature of displacement- touching on social, political and and econmic issues- requires a broad range of support and expertise. The Cluster activities include service delivery, assistance for the displaced and their host communities and protection. At the same time it focuses on providing national authorities with technical assistance and capacity building. What has been achieved so far? Ongoing activities include: the provision of emergency assistance to those Iraqis displaced by recent conflicts, and basic humanitarian assistance (food, shelter, basic items) to refugees, returnees and IDPs inside Iraq; facilitation of voluntary return of Iraqis (from Iran, Saudi Arabia and some from Lebanon and Jordan); reintegration support (housing, water, sanitation, education, health, community assistance and income generating activites) for returning IDP and refugee populations all over Iraq; basic rehabilitation of schools and water sources; legal advice centres providing assistance to returnee and IDP populations; provision of aid to flood victims in southern Iraq; capacity building and the provision of material, technical and operational support to the national authorities and the IPCC; the improvement of information gathering and establishment of data bases, as well as advocacy vis-a-vis foreign governments. What are the main challenges? The severe deterioration of the security situation in Iraq limits the possibility of effectively executing vital humanitarian projects inside Iraq or ensuring the safe and dignified return of the refugees and IDPs. Managing humanitarian operations by remote, with severely constrained local staff and implementing partners (for security reasons) proves a major challenge, that needs a careful approach. The main focus in 2004: Cluster 8 will assist the Iraqi authorities in developing and implementing an Iraqi led national policy with a legal and institutional framework, that will form the basis for the implementation of harmonised IDP and refugee assistance and protection programmes. The cluster will work towards building the capacity of the Ministry of Displacement and Migration with a view to implementing national policy. It will also provide technical support for dealing with property claims as well as nationality issues. Sustainable return and reintegration of the internally displaced and refugees returning from abroad will be a key focus, as well as the provision of basic humanitarian assistance and protection to IDPs not wishing to return to their original homes and non-Iraqi refugees inside Iraq. Durable solutions for refugees and IDP populations will continue to be pursued. UN Trust Fund Projects: Two programmes were partially financed by the UNDG Iraqi Trust Fund: a project benefiting the return to and reintegration of IDPs in northern Iraq (UNOPS), worth over $20 million which received $9.7 million from the UN Trust Fund; and the return to and reintegration of Iraqi refugees in southern Iraq (UNHCR) which received $7.2 million from the UN Trrust Fund. Partners of the Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees Cluster: The Cluster partners are UNHCR, IOM, UNAMI, UNOPS, UN-Habitat, WHO, UNICEF, WFP, UNDP, OHCHR, FAO, ILO and UNIDO, all with wide ranging experience in providing assistance, protection and durable solutions in conflict and transitional situations. The UN partners work very closely with the Ministry of Displacement and Migration, the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Displacement and Migration, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Human Rights, the Ministry of Housing, the World Bank, CPA, ICRC, NGOs, CBO, Iraqi Property Claims Commission (IPCC), Iraq National Human Rights Institution and Local Authorities.
Cluster manager : Yacoub El Hillo (
elhillo@unhcr.ch)
Documents
IDPs & Refugees Coordination Meetings Minutes
Note! Questions / suggestions concerning the content of this section can
be directed to the UNAMI Office in Amman through the
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