Case Identification: Challenges Posed by Urban Refugees

This paper was prepared for the tripartite partners, UNHCR, resettlement country
governments, and non-governmental organizations, for the Annual Tripartite Consultations
on Refugee Resettlement. Thus, while addressing some of the broader issues confronting
urban refugee populations, the focus is, of necessity, on the challenges faced in identifying
urban refugees for third country resettlement and, as such, the paper does not go into
considerable detail on broader protection and assistance issues nor on resettlement issues
effecting rural and camp-based refugees.