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Resettlement as a Durable Solution   Disseminatio
n Conference Project Durable Solutions in
Practice   workshop ISelection Process
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Objective of the workshop
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• The objective of the breakout session on
  selection process is to have a frank and open
  discussion on the possibility of setting up an EU
  resettlement scheme, against the background of
  the principle of subsidiarity, the economies of
  scale and the strategic use of resettlement.

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Discussion items
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• 1. Setting the quota
• 2. Selection methods selection mission vs
  dossier-based
• 3. Selection criteria
• 4. International cooperation

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Setting the quota
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• Quota-setting clearly a national competence
• lt resettlement policy (small) part of asylum and
  migration policy
• UNHCR Global resettlement needs
• Annual Tripartite Consultations
• ? added value extra coordination meetings at EU
  level?
• ? COM define common priorities for joint EU
  statement at ATC

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Setting the quota (bis)
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• Nordic Council exchange of information and good
  practices
• Fiscal year gtlt calendar year
• ? jeopardizes planning of selection missions
• ? jeopardizes filling of the quota
• Annual vs multi-annual quota

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Selection missions vs dossier-based
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• Integrity of the resettlement programme
• Security screening, 1F, fraude
• Group selection
• BUT expensive

• Emergency, urgent cases
• Remote or insecure areas
• Flexible
• Easier for new resettlement countries

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Selection criteria
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• No common EU selection criteria
• lt no Common European Asylum System
• Differences in legal framework not reflected in
  practice!
• ? pragmatic approach to interpretation
• No uniform resettlement status

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Selection criteria (bis)
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• Family reunification fraude-sensitive
• Integration potential semi-criterion
• Profiling of resettlement cases

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International cooperation
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• Pragmatic approach added value
• Practical cooperation
• - joint selection missions (economies of scale)
• - exchange of information, good practices
• Strategic coordination
• - Toolbox for emerging resettlement countries
• - Defining common priorities RPPs, Iraq
• - Single Point of Contact for UNHCR?

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