Forced Migrants

Definitions

Primary International Assistance Agencies

Asylum-seekers

Designated as “persons of concern” under UNHCR’s operational definition

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Conflict-displaced

Intro., para. 2 of 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement

Humanitarian cluster leads include: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA), UN Development Programme (UNDP), UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Food Programme (WFP), World Health Organization (WHO)

Development-displaced

Financial institutions’ operational definitions; see, e.g., World Bank 2001

None

Disaster-displaced

Intro., para. 2 of 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement

Humanitarian cluster leads include: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), International Organization for Migration (IOM), UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA), UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), UN Development Programme (UNDP), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Food Programme (WFP), World Health Organization (WHO)

Palestinian refugees

UNRWA’s operational definition; see, e.g., UNRWA n.d.

UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)

Refugees

Art. 1A(2) of 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees; Art. I2, 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees; Art. I1&2 of 1969 OAU Convention governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa; Art. III3 of 1984 Cartagena Declaration on Refugees

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Trafficked persons

Art. 3(a) of 2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children

None