Deployment Program

Our team of resettlement and child protection Experts who are deployed through the United Nations Collaboration Project (UNCP) support thousands of refugees to access resettlement each year. Experts interview refugees and document their persecution stories in their home countries, their journeys to their current country of asylum, and the challenges they encounter living as refugees in the country of asylum. If eligible for resettlement, our Experts prepare and submit their cases to be considered for permanent relocation to a safe country.

Experts have also helped refugees access pathways to safety other than resettlement—such as reuniting with their families, applying to study at universities in safe countries through education pathways, accessing humanitarian visas, or seeking work opportunities abroad through labor mobility pathways.

Some of our Experts focus on ensuring the protection of at-risk children by assessing their needs and making recommendations and referrals for assistance. Through this process, many of the children (and their families) that we assist are referred for resettlement in countries where they can live safely. Often, the children supported by RefugePoint’s Experts are separated from their families or are completely unaccompanied.

Our Experts evaluate existing structures and systems and identify areas in which they can support in making improvements. They conduct trainings for, and provide coaching and mentoring to UNHCR and partner staff. Our Experts also develop systems and tools —including referral forms, standard operating procedures, case tracking mechanisms, and more— to ensure that refugees in need of resettlement are promptly identified and able to access resettlement.