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 process whereby, on a request from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) based on a person's need for international protection, third-country nationals are transferred from a third country and established in 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(e) of Directive 2011/95/EU
- (ii) subsidiary protection status within the meaning of Art. 2(g) of Directive 2011/95/EU; or
- (iii) any other status which offers similar rights and benefits under national and Union law.
Source(s)
- Global context: glossary of the UNHCR Resettlement Handbook
- EU context: Art. 2(a) of Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 (AMIF-Regulation)
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
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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’.