On the 3rd of October 2013, the European Resettlement Network, with the support of the National Network Focal Point in the Netherlands, IOM The Hague, organized its first thematic and regional event: Emergency Resettlement Explained - the Dutch Experience in The Hague, The Netherlands.

The event briefly introduced the project 'Strengthening the response to emergency resettlement needs', with an overview from UNHCR on emergency and urgent resettlement in Europe. Following this introduction, the  focus was on emergency resettlement in practice in the Dutch context, both at the national and the local level. For more information, you can download the programme here.

Below, you will find the presentation delivered by Perveen Ali of UNHCR on Emergency Resettlement to Europe: Modalities and Challenges, and subsequent interviews with Perveen Ali and Mia McKenzie of IOM The Netherlands.