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New Zealand’s Refugee Protection Policy/Programme
Rachel DemasImmigration ManagerRefugee Quota Branch
Refugee Protection Policy/Programme
• New Zealand's refugee protection policies consist of:
Refugee Quota Policy Refugee Family Support Category Approved Convention Refugees Afghan Interpreters
• It is an important part of New Zealand’s contribution to the international protection of refugees and their families
• Designed to ensure that New Zealand can respond effectively to humanitarian situations and that support services are available to meet the specific needs of these individuals
2013-14 Statistics
• Refugee Quota : TARGET MET:750 refugees resettled during 2013-14 FY
• Refugee Family Support Category: TARGET EXCEEDED: Target of 450 ITA’s to be issued & the policy allows 300 residency places a year
113 (457 nominees) ITA’s issued 334 residency approvals (84 Tier One / 250 Tier Two)
• Convention Refugee: no cap or target 69 individuals approved (24% of total decisions made by RSB) 53 individuals approved (33% of total decisions made by IPT)
• Afghan Interpreters: 31 resettled and participated in the Refugee Reception Programme
2013-14 Statistics Cont’d
Total number of individuals approved under the NZ’s refugee protection
policies:
1,237
Refugee Quota Policy
• In 2013 Cabinet agreed to a rolling three-year Refugee Quota
• 2013/14 • 2014/15 • 2015/16
• Annual quota of 750 (+/- 10%) mandated refugees & family reunification individuals
• This has enabled a more strategic approach to planning and service delivery
Refugee Quota 2013-2014 Statistics
• 750 refugees resettled
• Asia/Pacific Region: 62%
• Middle East: 16%
• Americas: 19%
• Africa: 3%
Emergency Caseload
• Emergency priority cases (up to 35 per year): Individual UNHCR-referred Mandated refugees that require
emergency resettlement 30 individuals were resettled under emergency priority over 2013/14
financial year
• Large scale refugee crisis places: 50 per year: Refugees who require emergency resettlement from large-scale
refugee crisis situations – for example Syrian situation UNHCR requested INZ consider Syrian refugees for 2013-14 & 2014-15
years UNHCR will refer to INZ Syrian nationals who are refugees in Egypt
Enhanced Settlement Information
• Quota Refugees:Off Shore Interview (Settlement
segment)Regional Settlement Location FactsheetsDVDs
Overview of Proposed Composition for Year Two of Three-year Quota Plan
[2014-15]
• Asia-Pacific: 55%• Middle East: 10%• Africa: 7%• Americas: 15%• Large-scale Refugee Crisis: 13%
2014-15 Proposed Intake Composition
• 6 Intakes of 125 individuals/annually• Approximate numbers per nationality, country of
asylum, language and settlement location planned • Information shared with stakeholders to enable
better preparation and planning• Pipeline – healthy pipeline of approved refugees
allows for a more considered refugee arrival system in consultation with relevant stakeholders