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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…
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Refugees stand ready to ‘share the responsibility.’ Let them.
By Amy Slaughter, Senior Advisor at RefugePoint, and Kari Jorgensen Diener, Executive Director at Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative As governments and humanitarians convene in Geneva for the second quadrennial Global Refugee Forum (GRF) in the latest attempt to negotiate more equitable responsibility-sharing for the world’s refugees as stipulated by the Global Compact for Refugees adopted by…
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The Importance of Meaningful Refugee Participation and Leadership in RefugePoint’s GRF Pledges
Bahati Ernestine, RefugePoint’s Labor Mobility Consultant (center-right) and former refugee, speaking at the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme in Geneva. By Martin Anderson, Director of International Programs / Geneva Representative RefugePoint has made 4 pledges in the context of the 2023 Global Refugee Forum (GRF). They are: Promoting holistic self-reliance for refugees,…
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The 2023 Global Refugee Forum: Why We’re There
By Martin Anderson, Geneva Representative For media inquiries, please contact Alexis Felder at felder@refugepoint.org. In 2018, the United Nations General Assembly endorsed the Global Compact on Refugees, the most significant piece of refugee-related policy in more than 50 years. It led to the creation of the Global Refugee Forum (GRF), a quadrennial meeting of senior humanitarian…
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RefugePoint’s Leadership Role at the Global Refugee Forum
By Ali Pappavaselio, RefugePoint For media inquiries, please contact Alexis Felder at felder@refugepoint.org. The Global Refugee Forum (GRF), a quadrennial event taking place from December 13-15 of this year, is the main venue to drive and review progress towards the objectives of the Global Compact on Refugees, which include: Easing pressures on host countries…
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Two New Milestones For RefugePoint’s Labor Mobility Team
EMPP Candidates who departed for Canada in October from L to R: Adifatah Abdulle Sabriye, Alamin Manji Musa, Sylvia Kamencu (RefugePoint’s Manager of Complementary Pathways), Bigirimana Richard, Abisi Olivier, Patricia Omar. Photo: Diana Karua Last month, RefugePoint’s labor mobility team celebrated several new milestones. Eleven Refugees Depart for Canada in October Last month,…