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Protracted Encampment
• Protracted refugee situations• Refugee camps• Governance and justice in situations of long-
term encampment
Protracted Refugee Situations
• Quantitative definition: A situation in which at least 25,000 refugees have been in exile for a minimum of 5 years.
• Qualitative definition: A PRS is “one in which refugees find themselves in a long-standing and intractable state of limbo. Their lives may not be at risk, but their basic rights and essential economic, social and psychological needs remain unfulfilled after years of exile.”
UNHCR
Refugee Warehousing: Long-term Encampment
• What defines a refugee camp?• What are the potential benefits of
encampment?• Why are refugee camps problematic?
Amari refugee camp in Ramallah
Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan (pop over 120,000)
Syrian refugee camp in Turkey
Refugee camp for Rohingyas in Bangladesh
Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya (pop. 173,468)
Dadaab refugee camps, Kenya (est. pop. 356,101 -UNHCR)
Dadaab refugee camps, Kenya
Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya
Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya
Umpiem Mai refugee camp, Thailand (pop. 12,849)
Total refugee population: 120,139
Mae La refugee camp, Thailand (pop. 44,824)
Organizational Responsibilities• Thai authorities: (Ministry of the Interior)
– Ultimate authority Camp commander (Palat)– Camp administration and status determination– Security (paramilitary rangers and border patrol police)
• Refugee Committee: – Control and development of policies for all camps– Oversight of camps– Liaison with UNHCR, Royal Thai Government– Quasi-democratic
• Camp Committee– Day-to-day running of the camp– Sub-committees on health, justice, education, security…– Women’s and Youth Committees
Service Delivery:Organization Responsibilities
UNHCR Protection
The Border Consortium Food, shelter, non-food items
Aide Medicale Internationale Health and sanitation
ZOA Refugee Care and ICS-Asia Primary and secondary education
World Education Special (post-ten) education
Handicap international Mine risk education and rehabilitation
Catholic Office for Emergency Relief and Refugees and the Taipei Overseas Peace Service
Social Services (child protection, assistance for vulnerable individuals)
International Rescue Committee Legal Assistance, resettlement support, women’s protection
Repatriation?
Local Integration?
Resettlement?
Warehousing?
What happens next?
Why Legal Empowerment?
• Voice• The Rule of Law• Accountability• The administration of justice and governance• Integration/resettlement• Transitional justice/repatriation