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The Transformative Power of Counseling Services for Refugees
James Nanzala Nyangule, a RefugePoint Mental Health Counselor, leads a men’s group therapy session in Nairobi, Kenya (Photo: Jessica Masibo, RefugePoint) by Nicholas Mbata, James Nanzala Nyangule, Jacinta Mutie, Patrick Guyer After a few months of group and individual mental health counseling, Philippe*, a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) began to notice…
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Building Businesses, Rebuilding Lives: A Holistic Approach to Supporting Refugee Entrepreneurship
Three RefugePoint team members (Jacinta Mutie, Paul Karanja and Patrick Guyer) are excited to share their latest article, Building Businesses, Rebuilding Lives: A Holistic Approach to Supporting Refugee Entrepreneurship, published on NextBillion. In the article, our team members share learnings from RefugePoint‘s comprehensive refugee entrepreneurship support initiative. The article explores how the program provides refugees with the stability,…
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Win-win scenario: qualified refugees help employers fill gaps in the labor market with labor mobility
Canada’s Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP), a labor mobility program for refugees, matches qualified refugees looking to rebuild their lives with employers looking to fill gaps in the labor market. This concept has been particularly successful in Canada’s long-term care sector. As part of the EMPP, hundreds of jobs have been filled, and hundreds of…
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Refugees Are an Asset, Not a Burden: Sasha Chanoff on System Catalysts
This month, Sasha Chanoff, CEO and Founder of RefugePoint, appeared as a guest on an episode of System Catalysts podcast. In a dynamic conversation with Jeffrey Walker, philanthropist and co-host, Chanoff shared RefugePoint’s mission of providing refugees access to life-saving solutions and its unique systems change approach to combating the refugee crisis. Chanoff’s dedication to…
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Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Migrants: What’s the Difference?
There are so many different circumstances in 2024 that cause people around the world to have to flee their homes and seek safety elsewhere. In the complex landscape of immigration, terms like refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants are often used interchangeably, leading to confusion and misunderstanding. While they all share the common goal of finding…
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Transforming the migration system to make it work for displaced talent
Tens of billions of dollars are spent each year sheltering displaced people, while million of jobs go unfilled across developed economies.
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The EU Needs to Adopt Flexible and Protection-Centred Policies to Ensure Separated Families Can Reunite
Samira (left) and her son Omer (right) reuniting at Vancouver Airport in Canada after seven years apart. The two were forcibly separated while fleeing war in Sudan in 2016. By Vera Keller, RefugePoint Family Reunification Expert and UNHCR Europe Coordinator for Family Reunification The number of displaced people has increased significantly in recent years.…
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Private Sponsorship is “one of the boldest innovations in American refugee resettlement history,” Says RefugePoint at One-Year Anniversary of Welcome Corps
BOSTON, January 19, 2024 – One year ago today, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Welcome Corps, which empowers everyday Americans to play a leading role in welcoming refugees to the U.S. through private sponsorship groups. “Private sponsorship is one of the boldest innovations in American refugee resettlement history,” says Sasha Chanoff, CEO of RefugePoint,…
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Their lives were torn apart by war in Africa. A family hopes a new US program will help them reunite
Worried about his mother’s health, Jacob Mabil tried for months to persuade her to let him start the process that would take her from a sprawling refugee camp where she had spent almost a decade after fleeing violence in South Sudan.
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5 Key Takeaways from the 2023 Global Refugee Forum
Sasha Chanoff, Founder and CEO of RefugePoint, announces the Family Reunification pledge during the Global Refugee Forum 2023. Photo: UNHCR By Ali Pappavaselio, RefugePoint with contributions from Kari Diener, Amy Slaughter, Martin Anderson, and Sasha Chanoff The Global Refugee Forum (GRF), a quadrennial event and the main venue to drive and review progress…