2015 Year-End reportDownloaded on 23/11/2016

Operation: Thailand

Location

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Phnom Penh

Mae Hong Son

Cox's Bazar

Mae Sot

Kanchanaburi

Buthidaung

Yangon*

Dawei

Hpa-An

Mawlamyine

Mae Sariang

Bangkok (RO)

Sittwe

Loikaw

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People of Concern

13%DECREASE IN

20152015 560,832

2014 644,761

2013 647,624

Refugees

Refugees

55 145

55 145

Refugee-like situation

Refugee-like situation

53 116

53 116

Asylum-seekers

Asylum-seekers

8 271

8 271

Stateless

Stateless

443 862

443 862

Others of concern

Others of concern

438

438

Refugees Refugee-like situation Asylum-seekers StatelessOthers of concern

Budgets and Expenditure for Thailand

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Budget Expenditure

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Working environmentIn 2015, the political and economic situation in the wake of the military coup was largely stable, despiteincreased security and immigration enforcements.Thailand is neither a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention nor the Statelessness Conventions andcontinues to treat non-Myanmar people of concern without a valid visa as illegal aliens, exposing them tohigher risks of arrest, detention, deportation and exploitation. Mixed maritime movements originating from the Bay of Bengal resulted in the death of approximately 370refugees and migrant in 2015. In light of this situation, efforts to enforce anti-trafficking and anti-smugglinglaws in Thailand were strengthened.

Population trendsThere were 1,830 new urban asylum-seekers in Thailand in 2015, bringing the total number of refugees andasylum-seekers to 1,912 and 7,082 respectively.New figures released by the Government of Thailand showed a decrease in the number of stateless people,with over 18,770 individuals having been granted Thai nationality over the last three years. In 2015, over 109,800 verified Myanmar refugees lived in nine camps along the Thai-Myanmar border.

Achievements and impact Through joint advocacy efforts between UNHCR and other partners, bail-releases from detention increasedfrom 15 to 55 per cent and exemptions from bail for children under 14 was implemented. In a pilot project, UNHCR and a partner opened five in-school service centres to assist stateless children andfamilies in accessing nationality procedures.UNHCR and the Government of Thailand conducted a major verification exercise and issued 1,853 birthcertificates in the border camps.A UNHCR field office in Hat Yai was established as part of the Bay of Bengal response, ensuring enhancedprotection and access to Rohingya people of concern.

Unmet needsField monitoring activities were curtailed due to funding constraints. Despite a three-fold increase in the number of asylum-seekers since 2012, resources continued to bestretched and a significant refugee status determination backlog remained. Processing times also increased,resulting in higher risks of arrest, detention and exploitation for persons of concern to UNHCR.Because of insufficient funding, UNHCR prioritized health care and social assistance for the most vulnerableurban refugees and asylum-seekers and could only support to distribution of sanitary kits for six months ofthe year for 36,000 refugee women in the border camps.

2015 Expenditure for Thailand | USDThe following table presents the final budget and funds available by pillar and the final expenditure at the objective-level, as reported atyear-end.

Pillar 1Refugee programme

Pillar 2Stateless programme

Total

Final Budget 37,165,542 1,197,917 38,363,459

Income from contributions* 4,609,780 0 4,609,780

Other funds available / transfers 8,906,211 517,851 9,424,062

Total funds available 13,515,991 517,851 14,033,842

Expenditure by Objective

Favourable Protection Environment

Law and policy 0 148,231 148,231

Legal remedies and legal assistance 669,764 0 669,764

Access to territory 458,956 0 458,956

Subtotal 1,128,720 148,231 1,276,951

Fair Protection Processes and Documentation

Registration and profiling 250,978 0 250,978

Status determination 906,054 0 906,054

Civil status documentation 202,013 0 202,013

Subtotal 1,359,045 0 1,359,045

Security from Violence and Exploitation

SGBV prevention and response 486,550 0 486,550

Non-arbitrary detention 1,258,835 0 1,258,835

Child protection 1,341,831 0 1,341,831

Subtotal 3,087,215 0 3,087,215

Basic Needs and Essential Services

Health 761,174 0 761,174

Reproductive health and HIV/ Aids response 123,209 0 123,209

Basic and domestic and hygiene Items 953,402 0 953,402

Services for persons with specific needs 341,221 0 341,221

Education 525,724 0 525,724

Subtotal 2,704,729 0 2,704,729

Community Empowerment and Self Reliance

Self-reliance and livelihoods 255,181 0 255,181

Subtotal 255,181 0 255,181

Durable Solutions

Solutions strategy 1,499,458 0 1,499,458

Voluntary return 909,302 0 909,302

Resettlement 1,051,746 0 1,051,746

Greater reduction of statelessness 0 274,076 274,076

Subtotal 3,460,506 274,076 3,734,583

Leadership, Coordination and Partnerships

Coordination and partnerships 168,042 46,519 214,561

Subtotal 168,042 46,519 214,561

Logistics and Operations Support

Supply chain and logistics 78,199 0 78,199

Operations management, coordination and support 1,274,352 49,025 1,323,377

Subtotal 1,352,551 49,025 1,401,576

2015 Expenditure Total 13,515,991 517,851 14,033,842

Pillar 1Refugee programme

Pillar 2Stateless programme

Total

*Income from contributions includes indirect support costs that are recovered from contributions to Pillars 3 and 4, supplementary

budgets and the “New or additional activities – mandate-related” (NAM) Reserve. Contributions towards all pillars are included under

Pillar 1.