Definition(s)
- In the global context, the selection and transfer of refugees from a State in which they have sought protection to a third state which has agreed to admit them as refugees with permanent residence status.
- In the EU context, admission following a referral from the from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) of third-country nationals or stateless persons from a third country to which they have been displaced, to the territory of the EU Member States, and who are granted international protection and have access to durable solutions in accordance with Union and national law.
Source(s)
- Global context: Glossary of the UNHCR Resettlement Handbook
- EU context: Derived by EMN from Art. 2(8) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1147 (AMIF-Regulation)
Translations
- BG: презаселване
- CS: přesídlení
- DE: Neuansiedlung
- EL: επανεγκατάσταση
- EN: resettlement
- ES: reasentamiento
- ET: ümberasustamine
- FI: uudelleensijoittaminen
- FR: réinstallation
- GA: athlonnú
- HR: preseljenje
- HU: áttelepítés
- IT: reinsediamento
- LT: perkėlimas
- LV: pārmitināšana
- MT: Issetilljar mill-ġdid
- NL: hervestiging
- PL: przesiedlenie
- PT: reinstalação
- RO: relocare
- SK: presídlenie / presídľovanie
- SL: preselitev
- SV: vidarebosättning
- NO: gjenbosetting (b); gjenbusetjing (n)
- KA: (ევროკავშირიდან მესამე ქვეყანაში / მესამე ქვეყნიდან ევროკავშირში) განსახლება
- UK: переселення
- HY: վերաբնակեցում
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Note(s)
1. The status provided ensures protection against refoulement and provides resettled refugees and their family or dependants with access to rights similar to those enjoyed by nationals. Resettlement also carries with it the opportunity to eventually become a naturalised citizen of the resettlement country. For this reason, resettlement is a durable solution as well as a tool for the protection of refugees.
2. This term should not be confused with ‘relocation’.
3. EU legislation distinguishes between humanitarian admission and resettlement, with resettlement specifically designed for formally recognised refugees, while humanitarian admission may imply the granting of international protection or humanitarian protection under national laws.