Many if not most of the 2 million Ukrainians who have flooded into Poland, it seems, have quickly scattered throughout the country and further into Europe, staying with relatives, friends, or, as in this Florida situation, total strangers
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 …
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 …
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.
“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.”
“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.”
In 2005, RefugePoint was founded to identify refugees who fall through the cracks of humanitarian aid. Over time, we began to develop full-service response models that look at long-term solutions that enable refugees to lead healthy, dignified lives and become contributing members of society again. These solutions, which are continuously evolving and advancing, are what …
Nearly one million people have already fled Ukraine since Russia began its invasion on February 24th, according to the UN Refugee Agency, which is tracking ongoing displacement figures. Russia continues to strike residential and government buildings, killing over 2,000 civilians and leaving thousands internally displaced. RefugePoint urges all nations, including the neighboring countries of Ukraine, …
Many of the youth that our Child Protection Experts work with have experienced and continue to deal with extreme trauma. After working on a particularly difficult and complex case for a child who had been tortured as a child soldier and was experiencing horrific physical and psychological injuries, one of our Experts reflected: The child’s …
“Adam Raskin, a rabbi at Congregation Har Shalom in Potomac, Md., knew how difficult the situation was for Afghan refugees in the Washington region.”
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