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Operation: Côte d'Ivoire

Latest update of camps and office locations 21 Nov 2016.

Abidjan

Bobo-Dioulasso

Zwedru

Nzerekore

Guiglo

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People of Concern

30%DECREASE IN

20162016 715,353

2015 1,023,579

2014 739,014

Refugees

Refugees

1 399

1 399

Asylum-seekers

Asylum-seekers

284

284

Returned refugees

Returned refugees

19 552

19 552

Stateless

Stateless

694 000

694 000

Others of concern

Others of concern

118

118

Refugees Asylum-seekers Returned refugees StatelessOthers of concern

Budgets and Expenditure for Côte d'Ivoire

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Budget Expenditure

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Working environment

Working environmentThe refugee status determination and refugee management in Côte d’Ivoire is conducted on the basis of aministerial decree that delegated the competencies within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and created a specificdepartment for this purpose, Service d'Aide et Assistance aux Refugies et Apatrides (SAARA). At the end of 2016, the draft bill on asylum law was ready for submission to the Parliament for debate and adoption,scheduled to be adopted in 2017. While the voluntary repatriation continued mainly from Liberia, a large number of Ivorian refugees, in particularthose in Ghana, Guinea, and Togo remained unwilling to return. Adoption of the National Action Plan for the eradication of statelessness could not take place in 2016 in compliancewith the Abidjan Declaration which was adopted during Regional Conference on Statelessness in February 2015. It is now expected in 2017. In 2016, Côte d’Ivoire also appointed a government focal point to deal with issuesrelated to statelessness and National Action Plan.

Population trendsFollowing a verification operation conducted in November 2016, the refugee population was confirmed toinclude some 1,400 people, mainly from the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congoand Liberia. After resumption of repatriation in December 2015, some 1,200 Ivorian refugees returned from asylumcountries with the assistance of UNHCR in December 2015 and another 19,200 in 2016According to government estimates, the number of stateless and people at risk of statelessness in 2015 was700,000. Nationality certificates were granted to some 5,300 people in 2015 and almost 7,000 people in2016. As half of these certificates were granted to people deemed to be stateless (reduction cases were6,100), the total stateless population has been reduced to 693,900 by the end of 2016.

Achievements and impactIn 2016, 19,200 people were repatriated with the majority from Liberia (18,400). The main constraints wereheavy and prolong rainy season and absence of good roads inside Liberia.500 shelters were constructed for vulnerable returnees, and 12 schools and 4 health centers wererehabilitated in return areasWith regards to statelessness, almost 7,000 nationality certificates were delivered in 2016, resulting in a totalof 12,300 since the launch of the special law in 2014. Almost half of these certificates were provided topeople deemed stateless. The stateless numbers reduced from 700,000 in 2014 to 693,900 by the end of2016.A total of 67 resettlement cases were submitted during 2016 .

Unmet needsDue to budgetary constraints, UNHCR Côte d’Ivoire decided to prioritize assistance based on vulnerabilitycriteria and standard operating procedures were developed to inform the selection process.For refugees, subsistence assistance was only granted to people with specific needs. Without sufficientassistance, covering the cost of rent was particularly challenging for many refugees due to fundingconstraint.Budgetary constraints affected the needs of refugees who aspire for higher education. 20 students appliedfor scholarships to pursue higher education, but DAFI scholarships were not awarded in 2016.Health assistance was limited only to extremely vulnerable cases, in particular cases of medical and surgicalemergencies, hospitalized people and chronically ill people.The size of the cash grants provided to returnees (USD 150 for adult and USD 100 for child) was insufficientand did not allow meeting the needs of the returnees.

2016 Expenditure for Côte d'Ivoire | 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

Pillar 3Reintegration

projectsTotal

Final Budget 10,385,244 3,990,442 16,409,334 30,785,020

Income from contributions* 8,060,471 303,041 176,819 8,540,331

Other funds available / transfers 2,011,932 1,395,159 2,452,561 5,859,651

Total funds available 10,072,402 1,698,199 2,629,380 14,399,982

Expenditure by Objective

Favourable Protection Environment

Law and policy 31,102 63,158 0 94,260

Administrative Institutions and Practice 0 26,930 0 26,930

Legal remedies and legal assistance 0 52,094 0 52,094

Public attitudes towards persons ofconcern

67,101 185,169 0 252,270

Subtotal 98,203 327,351 0 425,554

Fair Protection Processes and Documentation

Identification of statelessness 0 183,296 0 183,296

Registration and profiling 61,087 0 0 61,087

Status determination 69,008 0 0 69,008

Civil status documentation 880,143 337,197 0 1,217,340

Family re-unification 277,925 0 0 277,925

Subtotal 1,288,163 520,493 0 1,808,656

Security from Violence and Exploitation

SGBV prevention and response 74,816 0 71,012 145,828

Non-arbitrary detention 24,438 0 0 24,438

Child protection 6,534 0 0 6,534

Subtotal 105,787 0 71,012 176,800

Basic Needs and Essential Services

Health 0 0 211,965 211,965

Reproductive health and HIV/ Aidsresponse

340,521 0 0 340,521

Water 0 0 153,720 153,720

Shelter and infrastructure 0 0 499,751 499,751

Services for persons with specific needs 228,230 0 0 228,230

Education 0 0 324,340 324,340

Subtotal 568,751 0 1,189,775 1,758,526

Community Empowerment and Self Reliance

Co-existence with local communities 31,231 0 86,874 118,105

Self-reliance and livelihoods 219,927 0 681,211 901,139

Subtotal 251,159 0 768,085 1,019,244

Durable Solutions

Voluntary return 5,856,042 0 0 5,856,042

Reintegration 0 0 276,784 276,784

Integration 7,159 0 0 7,159

Resettlement 13,017 0 0 13,017

Greater reduction of statelessness 0 635,331 0 635,331

Subtotal 5,876,219 635,331 276,784 6,788,334

Leadership, Coordination and Partnerships

Coordination and partnerships 277,925 25,807 28,410 332,142

Donor relations 145,106 12,632 9,470 167,208

Subtotal 423,031 38,438 37,881 499,350

Logistics and Operations Support

Supply chain and logistics 578,073 70,722 45,920 694,714

Operations management, coordinationand support

883,016 105,864 239,923 1,228,803

Subtotal 1,461,089 176,585 285,843 1,923,518

2016 Expenditure Total 10,072,402 1,698,199 2,629,380 14,399,982

Pillar 1Refugee

programme

Pillar 2Stateless

programme

Pillar 3Reintegration

projectsTotal

*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.