strategy
Providing humanitarian aid to refugees
Synonyms:
Assisting uprooted peopleAssisting displaced people
Working with refugees
Implementation:
More than 30 million refugees fleeing war, famine or persecution have received aid from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) since 1951 in a continuing effort coordinated by the United Nations that often involves other agencies. In recent years, the number of people needing assistance from UNHCR has risen greatly, as a result of a focus by warring factions in many parts of the World on civilian targets as part of their military strategy. In 1983, 11 million refugees were recognized by UNHCR, whilst the number had risen to 19 million ten years later. A further 24 million people or more were displaced within their country of origin during 1993, and UNHCR activities have increasingly focused on this group of people. In 1994 there are more than 19 million refugees, primarily women and children, who are receiving good, shelter, medical aid, education and repatriation assistance.As of January 1993, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies supported the National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in the former Yugoslavia to assist 523,000 refugees and displaced in Croatia; 35,000 in Slovenia; 10,000 in Macedonia (FYROM); and 510,000 in Yugoslavia (Serbia/Montenegro). As of the same period, the Federation supported the National Societies of Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone to distribute shelter, food, and other relief to roughly one million conflict victims.
Claim:
1. Refugees are poor and are sent to poor areas. They are afraid and exude a sense of hopelessness. They seek four things above all: home, jobs, security and future. Refugees are an extreme example of what the most deprived people are deprived of. They have no choices and are confined within their camps like a prison. People are generous but should talk more of sharing than giving. Narrower:
Protecting refugeesProviding migration aidAssisting women refugeesAssisting Jewish refugeesSupporting Palestinian refugeesAssisting externally displaced peopleAssisting socially handicapped refugeesResettling externally displaced peoplesProviding development assistance to internally displaced persons Facilitates:
Providing food aidMitigating consequences of war Facilitated by:
Humanizing refugee policyCoordinating disaster relief assistanceProtecting nongovernmental organisations engaged in hazardous duties Problems:
ConflictDisabled refugees
Environmental refugees
Involuntary mass resettlement
Non-settled refugees
Physical insecurity of refugees and asylum-seekers
Political refugees
Refugees
Refugees by boat
Vulnerability of women refugees
War
Values:
AidRefugeeDisplacement Organizations:
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies World Young Women's Christian Association European Young Women's Christian Association OAU Coordinating Committee on Assistance to Refugees United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Committee for the Defence of Human Rights in the Southern Cone Countries United Nations Children's Fund Ockenden International Subjects:
Society → RefugeesDevelopment → Aid
Type Classification:
C: Cross-sectoral strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
