UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

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UNHCRUnited Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees
Mixed migratory flows and durable solutions in
the Caribbean San Jose, 12 August, 2008
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Refugees

• Context
• Migratory flows and physical location
• Legal and institutional frameworks for refugee
  protection

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Refugees

• Context
• Ratification of international instruments (4
  Guyana)
• National legislation (only DR)
• Ad hoc RSD mechanisms (Jamaica and Cayman
  islands)

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UNHCRUnited Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees

• Context
• Lack of instructions to migration officials
• Lack of regular training to migration
  officials (only Jamaica)

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Refugees

• Context
• 3. Use of detention and interception practices
• 4. Potential mass flows (CubaHaiti)
• 5. RSD under UNHCR mandate

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• 2. Good practices
• 1. Network of honorary Liaison Officers
• 2. Inter-agency cooperation OIM-UNHCR/UNICEF-UNHC
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• 3. Joint seminar OIM-UNHCR (multilateral
  cooperation)

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• 3. The way forward
• Inter-agency cooperation and multilateral
  cooperation
• Consider UNHCR presence in the Caribbean

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