AS END OF REFUGEE STATUS APPROACHES, UN WORKING TO ENSURE PROPER CLOSURE FOR RWANDANS

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AS END OF REFUGEE STATUS APPROACHES, UN WORKING TO ENSURE PROPER
CLOSURE FOR RWANDANS
New York, Jun 28 2013 12:00PM
The United Nations refugee agency said today it is working closely
with concerned Governments to bring to a proper closure the situation
of Rwandans who fled their country before 31 December 1998, as the
recommended end date for their refugee status approaches on Sunday.

According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 'cessation
clauses' are built into the 1951 Refugee Convention and the 1969
Organization of African Unity Refugee Convention.

"They provide for refugee status to end once fundamental and durable
changes have taken place in the country of origin and the
circumstances that led to flight no longer exist," UNHCR spokesperson
Adrian Edwards explained to reporters in Geneva.

In the case of Rwanda, UNHCR has recommended that cessation come into
effect from 30 June 2013.

In October 2009, the agency announced a strategy for bringing the
situation of these refugees to a proper closure. The strategy contains
four components: voluntary repatriation, local integration, retention
of refugee status for people still in need of international
protection, and the invocation of the cessation clause.

Mr. Edwards said that all the major asylum countries hosting the
Rwandan refugees, as well as Rwanda itself, have been implementing the
strategy and have agreed to apply cessation at different rates.

"This means that some States are moving ahead with giving effect to
cessation of refugee status while other governments in view of
domestic legal and practical constraints prefer to push forward the
other components of the strategy first," he stated.

"All are indeed pursuing the respective components of that strategy,
including local integration -- namely the grant[ing] to the Rwandan
refugees who would qualify [of] alternative legal status, including
the prospect of naturalization."

More than 3.5 million Rwandans became refugees in the wake of the 1994
genocide and armed clashes in north-western Rwanda in 1997 and 1998 --
the last time the country experienced generalized violence. All but an
estimated 100,000 have since returned home, owing to lasting peace and
stability in their country.

The 100,000 Rwandan refugees are hosted mainly by Burundi, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Republic
of Congo, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Jun 28 2013 12:00PM
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