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Roots in Resettlement Resettlement Continuum CASE PROCESSING HEALTH ASSISTANCE IOM Resettlement Services PRE-DEPARTURE ORIENTATION MOVEMENT OPERATIONS JAN 2016 IOM and Resettlement - Canada IOM supports Immigration, Refugees
Roots in Resettlement
Resettlement Continuum
CASE PROCESSING
IOM Resettlement Services
HEALTH ASSISTANCE
PRE-DEPARTURE ORIENTATION
JAN 2016
MOVEMENT OPERATIONS
IOM and Resettlement - Canada
IOM supports Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) in:
- File processing
- Health assessment
- Needs assessments,
cultural and medical profiles
- Pre-departure
- rientation
- Movement/travel
- perations
The nature of IOM services depends on various factors, such as the location of refugees, IOM’s capabilities, IRCC’s requirements and conditions in host countries
IOM Ottawa
IOM Ottawa office opened in 1999. It provides program support and liaison for two activities:
- Resettlement Operations and Movements
- Canadian Orientation Abroad
Works closely with IRCC, SPOs and SAHs Supports IOM offices abroad in understanding program guidelines Assists IOM offices in implementing program requirements
2017 Top Tens (24,100)
Top 10 Countries of Departure - 2017
Lebanon 7,103 Jordan 2,666 Turkey 2,452 Sudan 1,929 Kenya 1,342 Pakistan 1,238 Ethiopia 991 Iraq 879 Uganda 785
- S. Africa
617 20,002
Top 10 Nationalities of Refugees - 2017
Syria 9,736 Iraq 3,898 Eritrea 2,917 Afghanistan 1,764 Congo (DRC) 1,414 Ethiopia 935 Somalia 877 Burundi 357 Colombia 351
Central African Republic
208 22,457
2017 Departures
Month Persons January 1,258 February 2,295 March 3,407 April 1,919 May 2,221 June 1,994 July 2,016 August 1,456 September 2,139 October 1,584 November 1,818 December 1,993 Total 24,100
500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000
2018 Departures – So far
Month Persons January 1,292 February 1,589 March 1,973 April 1,796 May 2,278 Total 8,928
500 1000 1500 2000 2500 January February March April May
JAN - MAY 2018
2017 / 2018 Arrivals by Month
January February March April May June July August September October November December 2017 1258 2295 3407 1919 2221 1994 2016 1456 2139 1584 1818 1993 2018 1292 1589 1973 1796 2278 1258 2295 3407 1919 2221 1994 2016 1456 2139 1584 1818 1993 1292 1589 1973 1796 2278 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000
Arrivals by month
Identify
how life in Canada will be different
Evaluate
how realistic their expectations are
Retain information
pertinent for their first months in Canada
COA’s Objectives
234,000+
beneficiaries served
refugees
117,695+
25% youth
COA in Numbers
ESTABLISHED1998
Refugees 50% Family Class 14% Economic 28% Other 8%
- 20 permanent sites
- Over 40 countries
- 60 locations
COA’s Reach
Permanent Sites Mobile Sessions
EXERCISE
Group Activity
Average of 15 hours over 2 or 3 days; adult and youth-focused curricula Addresses uncertainty by moving from the “known” to the “unknown” Draws from wealth of experience of participants Plants ideas that may grow into attitudes/actions post- arrival
DELIVERY APPROACH
Participant-centred
COA Updates
- IRCC’s targeted service arrangement with
IOM
- Specific information for PSRs
- Referrals of PSRs to other pre-arrival services
when appropriate
- Pre- and post-arrival learning indicators and
- utcomes
- Increasing uptake of COA among refugees