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U.S. Refugee Leaders, Organizations Mourn Police Killing of Former Refugee and Michigan Community Member Patrick Lyoya
Statement from Refugee Council USA, Refugee Congress, We Are All America, Church World Service, RefugePoint, and the Refugee Advocacy Lab For Immediate Release: April 20, 2022 Washington–The brutal April 4 murder of former refugee and community member Patrick Lyoya at the hands of a Grand Rapids, MI, police officer has shaken our community. The killing…
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More Afghan evacuees in Philly now finding homes, even as resettlement collides with the housing crisis
Months after he escaped Afghanistan aboard a U.S. military plane, Mohibullah Hasrat found himself walking the sidewalks of Philadelphia…
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Press Release: Launch of the Global Task Force on Refugee Labour Mobility
RefugePoint is excited to announce that we are a founding member of the Global Task Force on Refugee Labour Mobility, which launched today, April 6, 2022, with Canada as its inaugural chair. Only about 1% of refugees have access to resettlement each year, leaving millions of people in limbo and a significant talent pool often…
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NPR’s Morning Edition: The State Department makes it easier for anyone to help resettle refugees
RefugePoint’s Founder and CEO, Sasha Chanoff, recently spoke with NPR’s Joel Rose on Morning Edition about the Sponsor Circle Program, which makes it easier for Americans to help resettle refugees. As Sasha mentions in the interview: “I think it has the capacity to both expand the scope of where refugees resettle in the U.S. and…
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Call for Proposals: Community-Based Organizations in Nairobi, Kenya
Call for Proposals! RefugePoint works to improve the quality of life for refugees worldwide through field building and systems change. We recognize the vital role that Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) play as first responders to community needs. We are interested in sharing knowledge, skills, and learning through more direct engagement with and support to these organizations.…
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As millions of Ukrainians flee the war, family reunification and resettlement efforts are underway here
WBUR’s Morning Edition host Rupa Shenoy speaks with Sasha Chanoff, founder of Cambridge-based humanitarian organization RefugePoint, on how refugee resettlement and family reunification efforts will be a challenge for years to come.
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Opening Your Home to Ukrainian Families
The Biden Administration announced plans to welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainians. With nearly four million Ukrainian refugees who have fled since Russia’s attack, and more fleeing every day, some have already started arriving in the U.S. through tourist visas and in other ways. They are not part of any official resettlement program as the U.S.…
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U.S. Will Welcome Up to 100,000 Ukrainian Refugees
“With European nations under stress from three million new refugees, the U.S. said it will substantially increase admissions for people fleeing Russia’s invasion.”
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Millions of people have fled Ukraine. We need a plan to reunite families
“A 4-year-old Ukrainian boy named Max wearing a black jacket and gray hat fled Russian attacks along with his mother, while his father stayed behind to fight.”
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Centering Refugee Voices in Humanitarian Response and Philanthropy
Please join us on April 8, 2022, 11am EST/4pm BST for a Skoll World Forum Eco-System Day Event that RefugePoint is hosting: Centering Refugee Voices in Humanitarian Response and Philanthropy. By 2050 a billion people may be forcibly displaced. $30 billion/year is spent on humanitarian aid today. Yet recipients have virtually no say in its use, a fact…