{"id":111,"date":"2023-12-04T16:29:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T16:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/?page_id=111"},"modified":"2024-07-02T09:30:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T09:30:23","slug":"about-unhcr-in-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/about-unhcr-in-ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"About UNHCR in Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, works around the world to safeguard the rights and well-being of:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Asylum-seekers and refugees who have fled to other countries due to conflict and persecution,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Forcibly displaced persons within their own country of origin (known as internally displaced persons or IDPs),<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>People who are not considered citizens of any country (known as stateless or people at risk of becoming stateless).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c50737e49afc6e30c89635a3a0475bb7\" style=\"color:#0072bc\">What is UNHCR\u2019s role in Ethiopia?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#cccccc30\"><strong>UNHCR works globally to protect people who have been forcibly displaced and\/or are stateless.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In Ethiopia<\/strong>, UNHCR works with the Government and other partners to ensure that refugees and those displaced live safely and with dignity and attain a suitable, durable solution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We collaborate with the Refugees and Returnees Service (RRS), the national agency that manages the asylum system in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-52dfde71d0fbe1428ea5cedaf83ab382\" style=\"background-color:#cce3f2\">In Ethiopia, UNHCR facilitates and offers to refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced and stateless people support and services, such as:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Information and counselling services (about asylum, voluntary repatriation, additional protection, resettlement etc.);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Registration of asylum application in Ethiopia;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provision of documents (such as Asylum-Seeker Certificate, Proof of Registration, Refugee Identity Card);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support for access to civil documentation in Ethiopia, school enrolment, medical care and related services;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Legal counselling and assistance, as well as support for cases of harm or abuse;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support and receive reports of&nbsp;fraud,&nbsp;sexual exploitation and abuse&nbsp;and&nbsp;sexual and gender-based violence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/contact\/\" style=\"background-color:#0072bc\"><strong>Contact us<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/services\/unhcr-services\/appointment\/\" style=\"background-color:#0072bc\"><strong>Make an appointment with UNHCR Ethiopia<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, works around the world to safeguard the rights and well-being of: What is UNHCR\u2019s role in Ethiopia? UNHCR works globally to protect people who have been forcibly displaced and\/or are stateless. In Ethiopia, UNHCR works with the Government and other partners to ensure that refugees and those displaced live [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/listing_page.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-111","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":599,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111\/revisions\/599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}