This publication is an outcome of the joint IOM, UNHCR and ICMC project ‘Linking In EU resettlement – Linking the resettlement phases and connecting (local) resettlement practitioners’, co-funded by the European Commission via the European Refugee Fund.
This new edition of Welcome to Europe covers all aspects of global resettlement needs, processes, policy and partnerships, focusing on the ongoing growth and development of resettlement in Europe, as follows:
Chapter 1 – Resettlement and international protection
Chapter 2 – Global resettlement
Chapter 3 – Refugee situations in focus
Chapter 4 – The resettlement process: from identification to departure
Chapter 5 – Resettlement in Europe – rising slowly but surely
Chapter 7 – European resettlement programmes
Chapter 8 – Building a new life in the community: approaches to reception and integration in Europe
‘Welcome to Europe!’ underscores the life-saving role of resettlement, and contributes to the promotion of resettlement in Europe as one component of a comprehensive and durable approach to protecting refugees. To submit your contributions and reflections on the publication, please contact Sophie Ngo-Diep at communications.europe@icmc.net or start a discussion in the Community of Practice.