{"id":1422,"date":"2022-07-04T14:33:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T14:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iran\/?p=1422"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:18:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:18:29","slug":"what-you-need-to-know-about-unhcrs-resettlement-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iran\/en\/2022\/07\/04\/what-you-need-to-know-about-unhcrs-resettlement-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"What you need to know about UNHCR\u2019s resettlement programme:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What you need to know about UNHCR\u2019s resettlement programme:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Resettlement is an opportunity which can be provided to a very limited number of refugees, based on globally predefined criteria which are generally based on vulnerability. Globally, less than 1% of the world\u2019s refugees benefit from resettlement. In Iran, available slots for resettlement are incredibly low.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>UNHCR does not accept self-referrals or individual requests\/applications of refugees for resettlement. Please note, UNHCR can only recommend a refugee for resettlement, but it is the resettlement country which makes the final decision, based on its own guidelines and criteria.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For further information, you can visit the help page website of UNHCR at: <a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iran\/en\/\">https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iran\/en\/<\/a> (in English) and <a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iran\/\">https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iran\/<\/a> (in Farsi) which also has the contact info of UNHCR offices in different cities of Iran. You can contact UNHCR\u2019s reception numbers provided in these links in case you need protection support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What you need to know about UNHCR\u2019s resettlement programme:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":1409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iran\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iran\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iran\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iran\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iran\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1422"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iran\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4000,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iran\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422\/revisions\/4000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iran\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iran\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iran\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/iran\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}