Evaluation of UNHCR’s policy on refugees in urban areas

Author(s)
Obi, N. and Crisp, J.
Publication language
English
Pages
46pp
Date published
30 Nov 2000
Type
Evaluation reports
Keywords
Forced displacement and migration, Urban
Countries
Afghanistan, India

UNHCR issued a new policy on refugees in urban areas at the end of 1997. In October 1999, the Evaluation and Policy Analysis Unit (EPAU) was requested to undertake a comprehensive review of the new policy and its implementation. As a first step in this process, a desk-based global survey was undertaken, so as to identify key issues for further research and analysis.

As a second step, a number of case studies have been selected for detailed review. New Delhi was chosen as the first of these evaluations because it accommodates a large and longstanding urban refugee population – almost 16,000 in total, most of them from Afghanistan - and because the UNHCR programme in New Delhi has proven to be a particularly problematic one.

This review was undertaken by two EPAU staff members, who undertook a mission to New Delhi from 3 to 13 April 2000.