Evidence from communities around the world shows that reception solutions can welcome people seeking refuge with dignity, support host communities receiving them, and help uphold and advance fair, effective asylum and migration systems. Drawing on the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) experience implementing programs to support asylum seekers and refugees in transit and in communities of refuge, we find that reception approaches best achieve these aims by embracing five key principles: dignity, sustainability, coordination and responsibility sharing, fairness, and benefit for all. This document explains how these principles advance reception systems that work for people seeking protection, host communities, and asylum systems. It also provides some examples of good reception practices and how to rethink harmful ones.

 

 

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