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Charting the CRRF in Ethiopia 2 May 2017
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Four objectives of CRRF
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Ease pressure on host countries (a whole society approach, including development partners)
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Increase self reliance of refugees; and host communities (involve private sector, not only as philanthropists)
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Increase third party solutions, including resettlement and family reunification
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Support countries of origin, to create conducive conditions for sustainable voluntary repatriation
Four components of the CRRF in Ethiopia • • •
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Implementing the pledges: CRRF as a vehicle to accompany the implementation of the nine pledges. Strengthening the legal and policy components: Update to current legal framework to ensure that it is able to safeguard and promote the rights of refugees. Support to host populations: Approaching emergency response through the lens of solutions and sustainable host community-refugee relations. While addressing the immediate needs of refugees through life-saving assistance, also provide support to the host communities and stimulate a variety of selfreliance approaches. Strengthening coordination mechanisms: Under the CRRF, the existing structures will be improved to incorporate a wider range of actors. 3
Implementing the Pledges
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Strengthening the legal and policy components • •
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Consultative meetings, beginning in July of 2016, followed by meetings with line ministries and other federal agencies in February of 2017, and a joint meeting with key stakeholders in April of 2017. Following consultations, the form of legal framework has evolved: – First approach: Regulation to the 2004 Proclamation – Second approach: Draft Amendment to the 2004 Proclamation/ more detailed Regulation – Final consensus: Comprehensive New Refugee Proclamation Rights contained within the new framework include: – Revisions to areas covering Refugee Status Determination, including strengthening RSD and procedural safeguards; – Rights expressly spelled out as Provisions on Rights and Duties of Refugees and Asylum Seekers to include the Right to Work; Right to Stay in Ethiopia; Right to Education; Right to Property; Right to Movement.
