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1
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International Refugee Organization

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1946

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UNHCR

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1950

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Goedhart

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1951-1956:

  • showed US strength/importance of UNHCR
  • comparison to Inter-Governmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants (ICEM/PICMME)
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Lindt

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1956-1960

  • helped Hungarian refugees, recognized on “prima faci” basis
  • refugees from Algeria to Morocco and Tunisia
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5
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Schnyder

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1960-1965

  • refugee assistance as other tool from the West to fight Soviets
  • brought in additional board members from North + sub-saharan Africa
  • expanded program to Africa
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Agha Khan

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1966-1977

  • established UNHCR as holder of norms + knowledge
  • exertion of considerable influence on states (need for negotiation and compromise)
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7
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Refugee Convention

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1951

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8
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Protocol to the Refugee Convention

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1967

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9
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Refugee

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a refugee is a person who is outside his or her country of nationality or habitual residence; has a well-founded fear of persecution because of his/her race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, and is unable or unwilling to avail him/herself the protection of that country, or to return there, for fear of persecution.

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UNRWA

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1950 = UN Relief and Works Agency

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UNRRA

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1943 = UN Relief and Rehabilitation Agency

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12
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Organization of African Unity

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1969

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13
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Cartagena Declaration

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1984

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14
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Comprehensive Solutions Strategy

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2007, Tanzania:

  1. Voluntary return to Burundi
  2. Naturalization in Tanzania
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15
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1992

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Mandate from UNSG on IDPs

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16
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1998

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Guiding Principles on IDPs (30 principles, 60 languages)

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Global Compact on Migration

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2018

  1. to prevent negative factors sending migrants abroad
  2. to enhance the benefits of migration to everyone
  3. to create and enhance an orderly migration process
18
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limitation of Global Compact on Migration

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  • no mention of IDPs

- no mention of integration or localities

19
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International Convention on the Rights of all Migrant Workers and their Families

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ICMRW 1990- led by Mexico and Morocco- not successful

20
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1999

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Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants

21
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2016

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New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants

  • gender aggregated data collection
  • combat racism and xenophobia
  • private sector involvement
  • finance lending schemes
22
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1938

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ILO (1919) Permanent Migration Committee

23
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1953

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Provisional Intergovernmental Committee on the Movement of Migrants from Europe

24
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IOM functions

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research
data collection
advise governments
assist displaced populations

25
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UN Actors on Migrants/Refugees

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OHCHR
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
2018 UN Network on Migration
UN Human Rights Council
Special Representative of SG
26
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Operation Wetback

27
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Immigration and Nationality Act + Amendments

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1952 + amendments 1965

28
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US Refugee Act

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1951- Office for Refugee Resettlement, US Coordinator for Refugee Affairs

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US Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy

30
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1986

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Immigration Reform and Control Act to curb unauthorized migration/offer amnesty

31
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1989

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Immigration Nursing Relief- unsettled in 1994

32
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Immigration Act

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1990

  • Temporary Protected Status
  • increased worldwide immigration limit
  • removed from quota, immediate relatives of US citizens
  • Diversity Visa
33
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IRIRA and ATEDA

34
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Welfare Reform Law

35
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Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act

36
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Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act

37
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Patriot Act

38
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Homeland Security Act

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2000 (ICE)

39
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2004

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ICE expansion of beds in detention centers and deportations

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