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The U.S. government announced that the maximum number of refugees admitted to our Country in 2021 will be reduced to 15,000. But what is resettlement and how does it work in the United States?
Resettlement program ends as UNHCR receives their final expressions of interest from eligible Myanmar refugees who wish to start a new life in the United States.
The resettlement of refugees from Bhutan reached a major milestone this week.
According to latest UNHCR data, only 15,425 refugees were resettled from January to the end of September this year, compared to 50,086 over the same period last year.
As countries drastically reduce entry into their territories owing to the COVID-19 global health crisis, travel arrangements for resettling refugees are currently subject to severe disruptions. UNHCR and IOM are appealing to States, and working in close coordination with them, to ensure that movements can continue for the most critical emergency cases wherever possible.
UNHCR and IOM remain committed to working with the U.S. Administration towards the goal we share to ensure safe and secure resettlement and immigration programmes.
In light U.S. Executive Order on refugee resettlement, UNHCR underscores that refugees are ordinary people who remain in urgent need of life-saving assistance and protection.
USA for UNHCR is leading a movement to build awareness by supporting resettled refugees in the U.S. and promoting acceptance and understanding. The U.S. has been the global leader in resettling refugees since the 1970s. Learn more about the process, which involves screening by eight federal agencies and takes years.
Despite the U.S.'s long history of resettlement, myths about refugees and the resettlement process still remain. Debunking these myths is critical to creating a more welcoming home for refugees.
U.S. expands their refugee resettlement program to help people fleeing deadly violence in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
A record 79.5 million people have been forced to flee their homes. Get the facts on who these refugees are, where they come from, the conflicts causing their displacement and the process of resettlement in new locations.
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Keep track of the latest policy and advocacy issues impacting millions of refugees and displaced people worldwide.
USA for UNHCR is leading a movement to build awareness by supporting resettled refugees in the U.S. and promoting acceptance and understanding. The U.S. has been the global leader in resettling refugees since the 1970s. Learn more about the process, which involves screening by eight federal agencies and takes years.
UNHCR calls on the U.S. government to uphold its longstanding leadership role in protecting and welcoming refugees.
UNHCR High Commissioner worried by the uncertainty facing thousands of refugees who are in the process of being resettled to the United States.
To Breathe Free, follows the journey of a Syrian family fleeing war in Homs to the refugee camps in Jordan and starting a new life in Washington, D.C.
The Hive, USA for UNHCR's innovation lab, works to design tools to connect resettled refugees with critical services to help them on their path to self-sufficiency.
Millions of refugees have fled violence and persecution in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries seeking safety in Europe.
Register to vote, look up your elected officials at the federal, state and local levels and check out the questions to learn where they stand on issues related to refugees.
When Batulo and Salad went to the airport in NH to fetch their 13-year old son Abdifatah, it was no ordinary airport pick-up.
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Globally, a record 70.8 million people have been forcibly displaced from their homes. Forced to flee with few possessions, many refugees will spend years - sometimes decades - in exile, living in refugee camps, makeshift shelters or crowded apartments in cities. With limited opportunity for work, and with any savings long depleted, refugees suffering through protracted crises are exceptionally vulnerable.
From July 27 - 29, USA for UNHCR virtually participated in Microsoft’s Hack for Good with fourteen volunteers from across Microsoft.
Germain Dosseh is an American citizen, a police officer, an Army veteran and a father raising his family in Phoenix, Arizona. But Germain is also a former refugee from West Africa and overcame tremendous obstacles to find peace and a chance for a better life. Take a moment to learn more about Officer Germain Dosseh and how he is giving back to his community in Phoenix.