An Assessment Of Refugee Policy And Its Implementation Actors Perceptions

This study explored major driving factors for the recent Ethiopian Refugee Proclamation from actors‟rnpoint of view; the impact and implication of the CRRF approach and New Ethiopian RefugeernProclamation (1110/2019) on refugees and regional integration specifically on Horn of Africa;rnopportunities for the effective implementation of CRRF Approach and New Ethiopian refugeernProclamation and barriers/challenges for the smooth implementation of CRRF based the EthiopianrnRefugee Proclamation. Parallel to the common secondary sources, the study used office purpose reports,rnunpublished articles and the recent New Ethiopian refugee proclamation directives. In this study; ThernPrimary data was gathered through survey from urban refugees from six nationality (Eritrean, Somali,rnSouth Sudan, Sudan, Yemen and Congo), key informant interviews and focus group discussions were alsornemployed to gather qualitative data. To this end, the study used purposive sampling technique forrncollecting data. From the findings, influx of refugee, protracted refugee situations, western countriesrninfluence, the country‟s refugee hosting history, and development plans are driving factors for thernreenactment of the new Ethiopian refugee proclamation (1110/2019). The most significant changes thatrnhave been shown progress in implementation of CRRF in Ethiopia are civil documentation, education asrnwell as social and basic services. Even though some of the refugee rights are significant change byrnthemselves, they have shown delay on the implementation like access to work and opportunities for localrnintegration. Moreover, in the finding, continental unity, Economic growth, and socio-cultural integrationrnamong the refugees and the local community are presented as the implication of the new Ethiopianrnrefugee proclamation on the regional integration. Political instability of the country, worldwidernpandemic, the continuous influx of refugee, inexistence of the country‟s own big refugee policy officially,rnlack of a strong coordination and monitoring, lack of awareness creation, and shortage of funding arernmentioned as the main challenges of the smooth implementation of the proclamation and the CRRFrnapproach., preparing the new coordination mechanism or strengthen the existing one, and risingrnawareness are some of the recommendations which were forwarded in the study

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