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A refugee family from Darfur and their makeshift shelter in eastern Chad. The United States will accept hundreds of the most vulnerable for resettlement. UNHCR / H. Caux


UNHCR launches resettlement of refugees in Chad to the United States

N'DJAMENA, Chad, June 23 – The UN refugee agency has begun a pilot programme to resettle 1,800 refugees in Chad to the United States, with a first group of 11 from several countries flying out of N'Djamena at the weekend.

The group that left on Sunday included seven urban refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), three urban Sudanese refugees and one person from the Central African Republic (CAR) who had been living in Dosseye camp in southern Chad. They will fly to New York and later be resettled in the states of Kentucky, Texas, Iowa and Utah.

UNHCR plans to identify a total 1,800 cases for possible resettlement in the United States this year. Most of them are expected to be Sudanese refugees from Darfur living in the 12 refugee camps that UNHCR manages in eastern Chad. These camps house some 250,000 refugees from Darfur, some 60 percent of them women and children.

A further 70,000 refugees from the Central African Republic live in five camps in the south of the country. The next group earmarked for resettlement is expected to depart N'Djamena in early July and will mainly consist of Darfuri refugees. "There are serious protection cases," said Michele Manca di Nissa, UNHCR's deputy representative for protection in Chad.

The United States is the first country to agree to resettle vulnerable refugees from Chad. Some 20 countries around the world accept refugees referred to them for resettlement by UNHCR. This solution is only considered for refugees who cannot return home and are unable to remain in their host country. All those resettled do so voluntarily.

It is a meticulous process that usually takes 7-9 months per case. Potential resettlement cases are identified by UNHCR protection officers in the field and the refugees undergo several interviews.

UNHCR staff are trained in anti-fraud measures to avoid selecting refugees who are not eligible and refugees are counselled until the day of their departure on their rights and obligations in their new country.

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Refugee girls from Sudan's Darfur region walk through the tent alleys in Kounoungou camp, eastern Chad. UNHCR just tranfered them and their families from the Birak area, located dangerously only 5 kms away from the border with Sudan. Kounoungou camp, March 13, 2008. / UNHCR / H. Caux

Shelter is one of the basics in any refugee situation, and its provision can be a matter of life and death in areas of extreme weather. In many situations, shelter is aimed specifically at keeping people dry in the rainy season and cool and shaded during the dry season. Often when funding difficulties appear, the initial plastic sheeting that is distributed to build temporary shelters cannot be replaced for years. In these cases, where even the replacement of temporary shelter is impossible, refugees have even less of a chance for the obtention of a more durable and safe housing opportunity.

Kounoungou camp, eastern Chad. Refugees from Darfur have been living in the camp since 2004 and have been encouraged to build up their own houses rather than staying in temporary tents. The camp is being extended with tents to host thousands additionnal refugees who crossed over to Chad in February 2008 after escaping aerial bombing and ground attacks by janjaweed militia in West Darfur. / UNHCR / H. Caux / March 20, 2008


Shelter is one of the basics in any refugee situation, and its provision can be a matter of life and death in areas of extreme weather. In many situations, shelter is aimed specifically at keeping people dry in the rainy season and cool and shaded during the dry season. Often when funding difficulties appear, the initial plastic sheeting that is distributed to build temporary shelters cannot be replaced for years. In these cases, where even the replacement of temporary shelter is impossible, refugees have even less of a chance for the obtention of a more durable and safe housing opportunity.

A Sudanese refugee woman and her child carry collected firewood in Oure Cassoni camp, Chad. / UNHCR / J. Clark / September 2004


Camp Security:
"Something as simple as collecting firewood to cook dinner for the children happens to be a dangerous activity for women refugees in eastern Chad," says Béatrice Danezoune, the UNHCR community services assistant. "Too often they are victims of violence and rape." In order to assure security for camp inhabitants, UNHCR distributes in most cases wood to refugee households.

© Gilles Perrin
www.gilles-perrin.com

Exposition Desert Camp,
Rencontres sous les tentes sahariennes.
Musée du Montparnasse. Paris. Mai 2009.
Produced by À 360 Productions.
www.a360.fr/

© Nadia Nid el Mourid

Exposition Desert Camp,
Rencontres sous les tentes sahariennes.
Musée du Montparnasse. Paris. Mai 2009.
Produced by À 360 Productions.
www.a360.fr/

© Yvan Gherman
www.portraitsnomades.com

Exposition Desert Camp,
Rencontres sous les tentes sahariennes.
Musée du Montparnasse. Paris. Mai 2009.
Produced by À 360 Productions.
www.a360.fr/

© Yvan Gherman
www.portraitsnomades.com

Exposition Desert Camp,
Rencontres sous les tentes sahariennes.
Musée du Montparnasse. Paris. Mai 2009.
Produced by À 360 Productions.
www.a360.fr/

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