After spending more than 26 years as a refugee in Nairobi, Kenya, Jean, a professional nurse, permanently relocated to Canada through the Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP) in June 2023. This program connects refugees to job opportunities that allow them to relocate to a safe, new country. RefugePoint partners with the Government of Canada, UNHCR, …
Last month, RefugePoint’s labor mobility team celebrated several new milestones. Eleven Refugees Depart for Canada in October Last month, a cohort of eleven refugees departed for Canada through the Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP) to start new jobs as Continuing Care Assistants, following months of COVID-related delays. “It is a process that has taken …
The Global Refugee Forum will take place in Geneva, Switzerland from December 13 to December 15, 2023. What is the Global Refugee Forum? The Global Refugee Forum (GRF) is the world’s largest gathering in support of refugees and the communities that host them. Held once every four years in Geneva, Switzerland, it is attended …
As a child, Khadija* was forced to flee her home in Somalia to escape a forced marriage. She never had a chance to pursue her education. Now that she is a mother of three, Khadija’s greatest dream is that her children receive an education. “I don’t want my kids to be like me because I …
After fleeing war in her home country of Ethiopia at age 15, Tigist arrived in Kenya as a refugee in 2012. The war had claimed her parents’ lives and had separated her from her siblings. Tigist met her husband in Kenya and had two children. Tigist later separated from her husband when he began abusing …
When Latifa, 20, arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2009 with her grandmother and siblings, the family struggled to survive. Latifa and her siblings tragically lost their parents during the militia attacks in Somalia that forced them to flee. The children were unable to attend school in Nairobi because they had to work in order to …
RefugePoint mourns with all those who have lost loved ones during the Hamas attacks in Israel and Israel’s responses in Gaza. Our staff are heartbroken as we see violence carried out against Israeli and Palestinian civilians. Civilians must never be targets in warfare. International humanitarian law calls for the protection of civilians and prisoners of …
On September 29, 2023, RefugePoint welcomed the news that President Biden signed the Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2024, authorizing the admission of up to 125,000 refugees to the U.S. during the fiscal year 2024. This announcement signals continued U.S. leadership in refugee resettlement and comes at a time when global …
This family reunification story was originally shared in a video that was released in 2011. Jonathan and Christine lived peacefully with their four sons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) until war broke out in 2001, changing their lives forever. Jonathan, a pastor, was out of the country on a mission trip at …
NEW YORK, Sept. 20 – At Nubeluz by Chef José Andrés in Manhattan and with supporting remarks from the humanitarian chef, Academy Award-winning actor Susan Sarandon, Moderna Co-founder and Chairman Noubar Afeyan, and other philanthropists, RefugePoint announced today the launching of its Family Reunion Initiative at an event co-hosted with the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative. Through …
