REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT - A LITERATURE REVIEW

Part I Policies And Practices Across Countries

Table 1 Refugee allocations and categories

Country	Quota size 2006/07	Country population¹	Categories stipulated under quota	Additional to quota
Australia	Govt assisted - 6000 Sponsored - 7000	21,129,222	Govt assisted - LPPN, SVT, WAR, FR, UM Sponsored - FR
Canada	Target: Govt assisted 7,300 - 7,500 Sponsored 3,000- 4,500	33,052,864	Govt assisted - LPPN, MED, SVT, WAR, FR Sponsored - FR, SVT, ELD
Denmark	500	5,457,415	LPPN, MED, SVT, Cases under "Twenty or More"¹ programme People defined in Aliens Act as in need of protection - inc. UM²
Finland	750	5,297,300	LLPN, MED, SVT, WAR, UM, ELD	Family reunification cases
Ireland	200	4,301,000	MED, SVT, WAR, ELD	Family reunification cases
Netherlands	500	16,387,773	LPPN, MED,SVT, WAR, FR	"Twenty or More" programme³
New Zealand	750	4,239,600	LPPN, MED, SVT, WAR, UNHCR Priority Protection (incl FR + Emergency)	Up to 300 places for extended family
Norway	1,000	4,722,676	LPPN, FR	"Twenty or More" programme Some residence permits- FR
Sweden	1,840	9,150,000	LPPN, FR, People defined in Aliens Act as in need of protection4
United Kingdom	500	60,587,300	LPPN, MED, SVT, WAR, FR	120 Mandate + "Ten or More" programme
United States 5	Ceiling 70,000	303,295,254	LPPN, MED, SVT, WAR, FR, UM; Special categories as defined by President

¹ Figures are based on the most recent estimate or projection by the national census authority where available and generally rounded off. Other figures are based on the 2007 mid-year estimate by the United Nations' Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division.

² Unaccompanied minors

³ These are UNHCR programmes under which countries agree to accept at least 10 or 20 refugees with severe disabilities. Includes people who risk the death penalty or are subjected to torture or inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment in case of return to their country of origin.

⁴ Including people who risk execution, corporal punishment, torture, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment; people who are escaping armed conflict or environmental disaster; persons who risk persecution due to gender-related reasons or on grounds of homosexuality.

⁵ Not signatory to Convention - have signed protocol only. Refugees are defined by US in the Immigration and Nationality Act which closely approximates the Convention definitions

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