scholarly journals PERAN UNHCR (UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES) DALAM MENANGANI MASALAH PENGUNGSI SURIAH DI YUNANI (2014 – 2019)

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 523
Author(s):  
Syukron Subkhi ◽  
Harmiyati Harmiyati
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Problem Formulation ◽  
Internal Conflict ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
United Nations High Commissioner ◽  
High Commissioner ◽  
Opposition Group

The internal conflict in Syria took place since March 23, 2011. The anti-government period held a large demonstration in Daraa, Syria. This demonstration started the internal conflict between the Syrian Government and the opposition. The opposition group is a community movement demanding the resignation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The role of the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) is needed to provide protection, and effective long-term solutions for Syrian refugees in Greece. Greece is the only gateway for Syrian refugees to enter European territory, after the Balkan countries and several other European countries shut down to accept refugees. Based on this background, this research found one problem formulation, namely how the role of UNHCR in dealing with Syrian refugees in Greece. In general, UNHCR has played a role in dealing with Syrian refugees in Greece, UNHCR carried out its role as; Instrument, by enforcing the 1951 UN Convention on refugees to member states; Arena, organizes various meetings and conferences to solve refugee problems; and Independent Actors namely meeting basic needs, clothing, food and shelter as well as refugee supervision. The role of UNHCR which can be seen to be very significant in overcoming the problem of Syrian refugees in Greece is as an independent actor which from the year of UNHCR's involvement directly in the field, provided an increase in the quality of life for Syrian refugees. While the UNHCR's obstacle was in upholding UNHCR member countries' compliance with the 1951 UN Convention.

‘Perfect Vision’: An Examination of the Role of Census and Profiling Practices in Visualizing and Crafting Refugee ‘Groups’ under Contemporary Group-resettlement Programmes

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Christian Batarseh
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Social Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
Identity Fraud ◽  
United Nations High Commissioner ◽  
Group Processing ◽  
High Commissioner ◽  
Boundary Making

Abstract This article demonstrates how the characteristically visual practices of boundary-making around prospective refugee groups comprise an important and instrumentalized version of what Rogers Brubaker (2004) calls ‘groupism’—the assumption that ‘discrete, sharply differentiated, internally homogeneous and externally bounded groups’ are the ‘basic constituents of social life’ (2004: 8). Unlike individual resettlement, group-resettlement schemes (known as ‘Group Processing’ in Canada, ‘Priority-2 group referrals’ in the United States and the ‘Group Methodology’ at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)) involve the resettlement of entire refugee groups. Preoccupations with security and the possibility of identity fraud in these programmes have led to a preference for what are perceived as easily identifiable, finite and homogenous refugee groups. Census and profiling practices permit authorities to visualize and draw boundaries around these types of groups. These practices are the preconditions for the writing of specific narratives of risk, persecution and flight in UNHCR group profiles. An examination of group resettlement reveals how officials do not just choose between pre-existing refugee groups based on racial, national and ethnic categories, but rather attempt to construct an idealized conception of groups reflected in Brubaker’s notion of groupism.

The UN Group of Governmental Experts on International Co-Operation to Avert New Flows of Refugees

1984 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 480-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luke T. Lee
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Nobel Peace Prize ◽  
Palestinian Refugees ◽  
United Nations High Commissioner ◽  
High Commissioner ◽  
The World ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Source Countries ◽  
Political Character

Since its founding in 1950, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has rendered invaluable services and assistance to millions of refugees throughout the world. Indeed, in recognition of its services, it has twice been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. However, the “entirely non-political character” of its work has been interpreted as precluding it from actively seeking solutions to the generation of refugees, particularly when the responsibilities of source countries are involved. The UNHCR is debarred altogether from concerning itself with the Palestinian refugees, even though the role of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which was created specifically to aid them, is considerably narrower than that of the UNHCR vis-à-vis other refugees.

scholarly journals Malaysia’s Policy towards the Rohingya Refugees (Polisi Malaysia terhadap pelarian Rohingya)

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 436-453
Author(s):  
Nur Syazwani Muzafarkamal ◽  
Ishtiaq Hossain
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
United Nations High Commissioner ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
High Commissioner ◽  
To Come

This paper focuses on Malaysia’s policy towards the Rohingya refugees in the country. The first part of this paper analyses the reasons for the Rohingyas to choose to come to Malaysia. The next part discusses the Immigration Act 1967 as part and parcel of any adopted policy. Interviews and related documents have been used to guide this research in order to achieve this objective. Finally, the last part explains the perceptions of government agencies, as well as the NGOs towards the arrival of the Rohingya to Malaysia. In addition, the role of the UNHCR in Malaysia is elaborated. Keywords: Rohingya immigrants, Immigration Act 1967, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Non-governmental Organizations. Abstrak Kajian ini memberi tumpuan kepada polisi Malaysia terhadap pelarian Rohingya di negara tersebut. Ianya terbahagi kepada empat bahagian. Bahagian yang pertama untuk jilid ini mengkaji sebab-sebab pelarian Rohingya memilih untuk datang ke Malaysia. Bahagian seterusnya membincangkan Akta Imigresen 1967 sebagai sebahagian daripada polisi yang telah diambil. Temu bual dan dokumen-dokumen yang berkaitan telah digunakan sebagai rujukan di dalam kajian ini supaya dapat menemui objektifnya. Akhir sekali, bahagian yang terakhir menerangkan mengenai tanggapan agensi kerajaam dan juga ahli Pertubuhan Bukan Kerajaan terhadap kedatangan pelarian Rohingya ke Malaysia. Sebagai tambahan, peranan Pesuruhjaya Tinggi Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu untuk Pelarian di Malaysia juga akan dihuraikan. Kata Kunci: Pendatang Rohingya, Akta Imigresen 1967, Pesuruhjaya Tinggi Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu untuk Pelarian, Pertubuhan Bukan Kerajaan.  

Part 3 The United Nations: What it Does, 23 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Higgins Dame Rosalyn, DBE, QC ◽  
Webb Philippa ◽  
Akande Dapo ◽  
Sivakumaran Sandesh ◽  
Sloan James
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
United Nations High Commissioner ◽  
High Commissioner ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Refugee Problem ◽  
Regular Session

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was established by the General Assembly in 1950. UNHCR was initially created for a provisional period of three years, its being provided in the Statute that the arrangements for the Office were to be revisited at the eighth regular session of the General Assembly ‘with a view to determining whether the Office should be continued beyond 31 December 1953’. Between 1953 and 2003, the mandate of the UNHCR was extended periodically, for a period of five years at a time, making it more difficult for it to engage in long-term planning of its work. Only in 2004 did the General Assembly remove the temporal limitation attached to the UNHCR, authorizing the continuation of the Office ‘until the refugee problem is solved’. This chapter discusses the UNHCR’s position within the UN system, its structure, location, mandate, and role.

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