Chapter 3 Figure 10 | Resettlement needs and UNHCR’s annual submissions | 2011-2017 1,200,000 1,000,000 800,000 600,000 400,000 200,000 0 ‘11 Resettlements needs ‘12 ‘13 ‘14* ‘15 ‘16 ‘17 UNHCR resettlement submissions * 2014 excludes resettlement needs of Syrian refugees due to the fluid and rapidly evolving situation at the time of estimating global needs. The second-largest number of refugee returns was reported by the Central African Republic (78,600), mostly from the DRC (33,500), Chad (28,500), and Cameroon (16,500). A total of 77,200 Syrians were also reported to have returned to their country, mainly from Turkey (44,900), Iraq (12,200), Lebanon (11,900), and Jordan (8,000). Burundi reported 70,600 refugee returns; the country of asylum from most of these returns was not known (57,400) with 13,100 reported from Tanzania. About 60,500 returns to Afghanistan were reported, the vast majority from Pakistan (59,000) and a smaller number from the Islamic Republic of Iran (1,200). Additionally, 41,500 nationals of Somalia returned to their country from Kenya (35,400) and Yemen (5,500). Other countries with significant returnees in 2017 were Rwanda (18,100), and Sudan (11,700). In terms of former countries of asylum, the largest number of departures was from Cameroon (166,600), mainly to Nigeria (150,000) and the Central African Republic (16,500). Other countries reporting large number of departures were Niger (134,600, mostly to Nigeria), Pakistan (59,000, to Afghanistan), the DRC (51,600, to the Central African Republic and Rwanda), Turkey (44,900, to Syria), Chad (38,900, to the Central African unhcr > Global trends 2017 Republic and Sudan), Kenya (35,400, to Somalia), and Tanzania (13,100, to Burundi). Resettlement Resettlement is a tangible way to achieve enhanced solidarity and responsibility-sharing, in the spirit of the New York Declaration on Refugees and Migrants. 35 With refugee numbers high and opportunities for voluntary repatriation and local integration of refugees often limited, in 2017 resettlement continued to play a critical role as a tool for protection and a durable solution for some of the world’s most vulnerable refugees. UNHCR estimates that 1.2 million refugees were in need of resettlement in 2017 [Figure 10]. 36 This figure has increased steadily in recent years, reflecting needs from both protracted and more-recent refugee situations. In parallel, the number of resettlement places made available by States has also increased, reaching a 20-year high in 2016, 35 See: http://www.unhcr.org/towards-a-global-compact-onrefugees.html. 36 See: http://www.unhcr.org/protection/resettlement/593a88f27/ unhcr-projected-global-resettlement-needs-2018.html. 29