Iraqi Refugees : A Humanitarian Crisis?

Intro -- IRAQI REFUGEES: A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS? -- IRAQI REFUGEES: A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS? -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 IRAQI REFUGEE ASSISTANCE: IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED IN MEASURING PROGRESS, ASSESSING NEEDS, TRACKING FUNDS, AND DEVELOPING AN INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- ABBREVIATIONS -- RESULTS IN BRIEF -- BACKGROUND -- IRAQIS BENEFIT FROM ASSISTANCE, BUT STATE HAS NOT MEASURED PROGRESS IN MEETING ITS OVERALL GOALS, AND STATE AND ITS PARTNERS FACE MONITORING CHALLENGES -- State Department and UN Fund Assistance to Support Iraqi Refugees -- The State Department Has Not Linked Progress to Overall Goals and Objectives -- State Department and Its Partners Face Challenges in Project Monitoring -- LACK OF RELIABLE NEEDS ESTIMATES AND FUNDING DATA AFFECTS U.S. AND UNHCR EFFORTS TO ASSIST IRAQI REFUGEES -- The Number of Iraqi Refugees and the Extent of Their Needs Are Unknown -- The United States, Donors, and Iraq Have Funded Programs Benefiting Iraqi Refugees, but the Total Amount of Funding Explicitly for Iraqi Refugee Programs Is Unavailable -- THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND UNHCR FACE CHALLENGES IN OFFERING PERMANENT SOLUTIONS FOR IRAQI REFUGEES -- Conditions Are Not Suitable for Repatriation, and Neighboring Host Countries Resist Integrating Refugees -- The United States Has Made Recent Progress in Resettlement Efforts, but Limited Numbers of Refugees May Be Resettled Worldwide -- LACK OF COMPREHENSIVE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC PLANNING HAS HINDERED EFFORTS TO ASSIST AND PROTECT IRAQI REFUGEES -- UN Continues to Recognize Need for Comprehensive Strategic Planning for Iraqi Refugees, but Focus Remains on Annual Country Operations Plans and Funding Appeals -- Lack of International Strategic Planning Has Hindered Efforts to Assist Iraqi Refugees in Neighboring Host Countries.

CONCLUSION -- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION -- AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION -- List of Congressional Committees -- APPENDIX I: SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAMS -- Management and Processing of Special Immigrant Visas for Iraqis -- State and DHS Implemented Two Special Immigrant Visa Programs That Were Available to Qualified Iraqi Refugees and Others -- APPENDIX II: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY -- APPENDIX III: STATUS OF U.S. APPROPRIATION FUNDS APPORTIONED TO IRAQ-RELATED HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, AND INTENDED BENEFICIARIES, AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 -- APPENDIX IV: U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNHCR APPEALS FOR IRAQ-RELATED HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, AND INTENDED BENEFICIARIES, CALENDAR YEARS 2003 THROUGH 2008 -- APPENDIX V: INDIVIDUAL IRAQI REFUGEE BENEFICIARIES OF UNHCR ASSISTANCE IN SYRIA AND JORDAN, CALENDAR YEAR 2008 -- GAO Comments -- APPENDIX VI: COMMENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE -- APPENDIX VII: COMMENTS FROM THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 IRAQI REFUGEES AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS: A DEEPENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS? -- SUMMARY -- OVERVIEW -- DISPLACEMENT WITHIN IRAQ -- Profile of Displacement -- Immediate Consequences of Displacement -- Iraqi Government Response to IDPs -- IRAQI REFUGEES IN NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES18 -- Overview -- A Profile of the Displaced -- U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE -- International Response -- U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) -- U.N. Humanitarian Operations -- Donor Contributions and Coordination: International Compact for Iraq -- Strategic Framework for Humanitarian Action in Iraq -- Humanitarian Appeals -- Resettlement -- U.S. Humanitarian Response33 -- Bureau for Population, Refugees, and Migration -- Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance -- U.S. Humanitarian Assistance -- FY2008 and FY2009 Supplemental Appropriations -- Congressional Action.

FY2009 Regular Appropriations Request and Congressional Action -- U.S. REFUGEE PROGRAM AND IRAQI REFUGEES39 -- Congressional Action -- ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- Voluntary Returns to Iraq -- Forcible Returns -- Capacity of the Iraqi Government -- Provincial Elections -- Increased International Funding -- U.S. Humanitarian Response in Iraq -- Competing Aid and Budget Priorities -- Links to Broader Iraq Policy -- APPENDIX. IRAQ'S HISTORY OF DISPLACEMENT56 -- End Notes -- INDEX -- Blank Page.

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