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Pledges 2011 - Ministerial Intergovernmental Event on Refugees and Stateless Persons
new resettlement countries, improved integration outcomes for resettled
refugees, and the strategic use of resettlement to unlock the other durable
solutions of voluntary repatriation and local integration. (Group Pledge)
FRANCE
PLEDGE FORM
France makes the following pledges:
1. To continue to uphold, in compliance with its international commitments and European obligations, high protection standards as
well as to implement refugee status determination procedures
that are efficient and respectful of rights, to ensure the integration
in France of refugees and stateless persons under its protection,
and to cooperate with UNHCR with a view to seeking durable solutions for refugees;
2. To modernize the travel documents issued to refugees, stateless
persons as well as to beneficiaries of subsidiary protection who
reside in France. The aim is to issue documents in conformity with
the most recent international requirements in order to enable the
holders to travel easily;
3. To reinforce the language training given to refugees and their family members hosted in France. The aim is to facilitate integration
into French society of people aspiring to remain in France on a
durable basis and who, because of their personal history and experiences, need specific support;
4. To actively support the efforts of the countries from the South
of the Mediterranean with partnership agreements with the European Union to build their national asylum and protection systems
notably within the framework of regional protection programmes.
GAMBIA (THE)
PLEDGE FORM
The Gambia hosts a population of 9,390 rural Senegalese refugees and 1,061
urban refugees and asylum-seekers from Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal,
Togo, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Cameroon.
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