CaLP Asia Cash Transfer Programming and Persons of Concern Workshop Centre Point Hotel Chidlom Bangkok, Thailand March 2016

Overview of Persons of Concern contexts in Asia Lam Nguyen

Content Asia regional overview and trends Key questions Stages of displacement Varying operational contexts

Asia regional overview Source: UNHCR and IDMC

Only 14 out of 32 countries in Asia* are signatories to the 1951 Refugee Convention or the 1967 Protocol (*Asia in this context is East Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, and South East Asia) Asia regional overview

Majority are from Afghanistan & Myanmar; hosted in border countries Other populations in Nepal, Sri Lanka, India, Philippines, China Majority of PoC are in urban areas (80%) Local integration is rarely an option Resettlement is declining as... High hopes for repatriation Increasingly protracted Asia regional overview New displacements

3. What is the specific operational context? Key questions 1. What is the profile of the persons of concern? Are there any special considerations based on being an asylum seeker, refugee, stateless person, internally displaced person, returnee or other? What special vulnerabilities exist? 2. What stage of the displacement journey?

Root cause of displacement Root cause of displacement Internal displacement Internal displacement Country of transit Country of asylum Local integration Resettlement Repatriation Refugee Status Determination Country of resettlement Country of origin or habitual residence Forced return Registration Identification Registration Identification Stages of displacement Refoulement Migration YES NO Indefinite detention At which stage of displacement is the PoC situated? Displacement Migration Assessment Durable Solution Further displacement because of host government decision, detention, search for shelter, search for livelihoods, natural disasters, insecurity Returnee Detention

Camp setting Non-camp setting Extensive protective spaces Limited protective spaces 1.Where does your context fit within this? Enclosed environment Access to services within camp Identification/registration Relative freedom of movement Access to competitive markets Greater exposure to local authorities/community Varying operational contexts

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