Nativity will bless backpacks this Sunday; continues new schedule Families also have been asked to bring filled backpacks to be contributed to Refugee Resettlement and Immigration Services of Atlanta, which provides them to needy school-age immigrant children in the area. Nativity, which began having a single service … Read more on The Citizen.com Former Burmese [...]
Case of Libyan Woman Highlights Need for Expedited Resettlement Processes This procedure should enable resettlement to take place within a set time period, and facilitate transfers of refugee cases to UNHCR’s Emergency Transit Centers when appropriate. Improve the timeliness of resettlement processing, including through … Read more on Human Rights First
Africa’s desperate cry for help The Weekend West understands that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees plans to significantly increase the number of people it refers for international resettlement from Dadaab refugee camp, on the Kenyan Somali border, which has become … Read more on The West Australian Amnesty International slams IDPs eviction policy [...]
City’s refugee strategy ‘failing’ The Immigration Department is carrying out a major review of New Zealand’s refugee resettlement programme as a leaked report shows the country is failing them. The report shows refugees – 30000 in Auckland alone – are remaining at the bottom of the … Read more on Stuff.co.nz South East [...]
