CHAPTER 3 Figure 11 | Resettlement of refugees | 1994-2016 200,000 150,000 100,000 50,000 0 94 96 98 Total resettlement arrivals 00 02 06 08 10 12 14 16 UNHCR-assisted departures on global responsibility-sharing through pathways for admission of Syrian refugees, convened by UNHCR in March 2016. Additionally, several States, particularly in Europe and Latin America, established new resettlement programmes or made new resettlement commitments in 2016. As a result, 37 States took part in UNHCR’s resettlement programmes in 2016, compared with 33 in 2015. As the number of countries offering resettlement grew over the past few years, UNHCR intensified its efforts to provide guidance and support in building resettlement programmes that are sustainable. During 2016, the total number of refugees admitted for resettlement stood at 189,300, according to government statistics. This is a 77 per cent increase from the 107,100 reported in 2015 (Figure 11). Of the resettlement countries that received refugees during 2016, the United States of America admitted 51 per cent (96,900). Other countries that resettled large numbers of refugees in 2016 included Canada (46,700) and Australia (27,600). Syrian refugees were the largest population benefiting from resettlement (63,000 people), followed by those from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (22,100), Iraq (14,700), and Somalia (12,200). During 2016, UNHCR referred 162,600 refugees for resettlement, a 21 per cent increase from 2015 and the highest number in about two decades. Syrians UNHCR > GLOBAL TRENDS 2016 04 constituted the single largest nationality submitted, with 77,200 individuals referred. The second-largest population was refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (22,800), followed by those from Iraq (12,800), Somalia (10,500), and Myanmar (10,100). These five nationalities represented more than 80 per cent of all submissions. The United States of America (107,700), Canada (19,800), and the United Kingdom (8,800) received 84 per cent of all UNHCR submissions made during the year. In total, refugees from 69 nationalities were submitted for resettlement from 83 countries or territories of asylum to 37 countries of resettlement. Not all cases for resettlement are submitted by UNHCR, and a number of States also accept family reunification cases independent of a UNHCR referral. LOC A L I NTE G R ATI O N Refugees may also be locally integrated as a durable solution. This is a complex and gradual process that involves a refugee finding a permanent home in the country of asylum and integrating into the community there. Separate but equally important legal, economic, social, and cultural aspects to local integration require efforts by all parties involved, including the integrating individual and the receiving society. 27