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UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR presentation Regional Consultation Group on Migration 05 Dec 2012

UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees • 1. TRENDS • Mixed migratory flows • Cubans • Haitians • Extra regional migrants/refugees

UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees • 2. Operational priorities • Forced displacement and new forms of violence • Profiling and referral mechanisms (Vo. T and NNA) • Accession to international instruments on statelessness

UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees • 3. ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN • Forced displacement and new forms of violence • 09 -10 July Workshop Honduras • 24 -28 Sept X Latin American Course on IRL • 19 -20 Nov IACHR • 22 -23 Nov I Mesoamerican Meeting of National Refugee Commissions

UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees • 3. ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN • Profiling and referral mechanisms (Vo. T and NNA) • 03 -04 Sept. Workshop on Challenges on Migration • 12 -14 Nov TOT Workshop (OPIS, NNA, Vo. T) • 02 -03 Dec RRCOM Workshop

UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees • 3. ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN • Accession to international instruments on statelessness • 27 -28 August I Latin American Workshop on the protection of Stateless Persons • 19 Nov. Workshop in Salvador • Deposit (HON, ECU, PAR) • Accession (COL, PER, NIC, SALV) • PROCED (GUA, CR, PAN, ECU, BOL,

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