An Assessment of Refugee Policy and Its Implementation; Actors’ Perceptions
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2020-10
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Addis Ababa University
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This study explored major driving factors for the recent Ethiopian Refugee Proclamation from actors‟
point of view; the impact and implication of the CRRF approach and New Ethiopian Refugee
Proclamation (1110/2019) on refugees and regional integration specifically on Horn of Africa;
opportunities for the effective implementation of CRRF Approach and New Ethiopian refugee
Proclamation and barriers/challenges for the smooth implementation of CRRF based the Ethiopian
Refugee Proclamation. Parallel to the common secondary sources, the study used office purpose reports,
unpublished articles and the recent New Ethiopian refugee proclamation directives. In this study; The
Primary data was gathered through survey from urban refugees from six nationality (Eritrean, Somali,
South Sudan, Sudan, Yemen and Congo), key informant interviews and focus group discussions were also
employed to gather qualitative data. To this end, the study used purposive sampling technique for
collecting data. From the findings, influx of refugee, protracted refugee situations, western countries
influence, the country‟s refugee hosting history, and development plans are driving factors for the
reenactment of the new Ethiopian refugee proclamation (1110/2019). The most significant changes that
have been shown progress in implementation of CRRF in Ethiopia are civil documentation, education as
well as social and basic services. Even though some of the refugee rights are significant change by
themselves, they have shown delay on the implementation like access to work and opportunities for local
integration. Moreover, in the finding, continental unity, Economic growth, and socio-cultural integration
among the refugees and the local community are presented as the implication of the new Ethiopian
refugee proclamation on the regional integration. Political instability of the country, worldwide
pandemic, the continuous influx of refugee, inexistence of the country‟s own big refugee policy officially,
lack of a strong coordination and monitoring, lack of awareness creation, and shortage of funding are
mentioned as the main challenges of the smooth implementation of the proclamation and the CRRF
approach., preparing the new coordination mechanism or strengthen the existing one, and rising
awareness are some of the recommendations which were forwarded in the study
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driving forces, most significant changes, implication, Regional integration, development