resettlement

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, the transfer, on a request from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and based on their need for international protection, of a third-country national or stateless person, from a third country to an EU Member State, where they are permitted to reside with one of the following statuses:
- (i) refugee status within the meaning of Art. 2(d) of Directive 2011/95/EU (Recast Qualification Directive)
- (ii) a status which offers the same rights and benefits under national and EU law as refugee status.

Source(s)

Global context: glossary of the UNHCR Resettlement Handbook
EU context: Derived by EMN from Art. 3(1)(d) of Decision 573/2007/EC establishing the Refugee Fund

Translations

BG: презаселване
CS: přesídlení
DE: Neuansiedlung
EL: επανεγκατάσταση
EN: resettlement
ES: reasentamiento
ET: ümberasustamine
FI: uudelleensijoittaminen
FR: réinstallation
GA: athlonnú
HU: áttelepítés
IT: reinsediamento
LT: perkėlimas
LV: pārmitināšana
MT: Risistemazzjoni
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

Narrower Term(s)

resettlement programme

Related Term(s)

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’.