2015
Full integration of refugee into the national health care system guarantees access to health services. However, our current resources are unable to cover cases that require special attention.
If UNHCR’s funding remains limited support services for refugees and asylum seekers in urban areas will be affected in the following ways:
- Support for access to secondary schools and vocational training for urban refugees and asylum seekers will be very limited, leaving half of the targeted secondary-age population out-of-school.
- SGVB support services including safety/security measures, material assistance, capacity building and awareness raising activities, and economic support will be hampered.
- Specialized secondary health care services such as reproductive health services for urban refugees will be restricted.
- UNHCR’s Best Interest Determination (BID) panel will be compromised, causing delays in the submission of cases of unaccompanied minors and children at risk
- The rate of resettlement processing will decrease.
- There will be no available funding to dedicate to entrepreneurial activities in order to enhance livelihood and self-reliance opportunities for urban refugees.
- Hosting families will see their resources strained, which might render them reluctant to welcome more refugees in the area.