appropriate, child- and gender-sensitive/adapted reintegration support on
integration and participation in the communities to which they are
returning, targeting and recognizing the specific needs of the returning
child;
•
In the context of voluntary repatriation of refugees, take appropriate steps
to ensure that unaccompanied or separated children are not returned prior
to the identification of adequate reception and care arrangements;
•
Facilitate the integration of internally displaced children in places of
settlement through targeted action in support of their integration as fully
included members of the community, including by taking measures to
address discrimination faced by internally displaced children;
•
Whether in the context of resettlement or local integration, facilitate the
integration of refugee children through targeted support in schools,
particularly for adolescents, and through providing language classes and
education on the culture and social structures in the host country for
refugee children; provide support for refugee children at heightened risk
that is targeted at addressing their specific needs; and where integration
is being implemented, facilitate, as far as possible, the naturalization of
refugee children in accordance with national laws and regulations;
•
Enhance the use of resettlement as a protection and durable solutions tool
for children at risk; where appropriate, take a flexible approach to family
unity, including through consideration of concurrent processing of family
members in different locations, as well as to the definition of family
members in recognition of the preference to protect children within a
family environment with both parents; and recognize UNHCR's role in the
determination of the best interests of the child which should inform
resettlement decisions including in situations where only one parent is
being resettled and custody disputes remain unresolved due to the
unavailability or inaccessibility of competent authorities, or due to the
inability to obtain official documents from the country of origin as this
could jeopardize the safety of the refugee or his/her relatives; and
•
Safeguard the right of every child to acquire a nationality, and ensure the
implementation of this right in accordance with national laws and
obligations under the relevant international instruments in this field, in
particular where the child would otherwise be stateless; and consider the
active dissemination of information regarding access to naturalization
procedures.
No.102 (LVI) – 2005
(y) Welcomes the accession of Senegal to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction
of Statelessness; acknowledges UNHCR's role, where applicable, in providing
technical and operational support and advisory services to States with the aim of
addressing the problem of statelessness and in furthering the protection of
stateless persons, where necessary; and calls on States, in cooperation with
UNHCR and other relevant actors to address the needs of persons in protracted
situations of statelessness and to assist stateless persons to access legal
remedies to redress statelessness, in particular that which results from arbitrary
deprivation of nationality.
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