{"id":18,"date":"2018-07-26T13:53:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T13:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.refugepoint.org\/\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2023-11-09T17:56:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T17:56:03","slug":"resettlement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.refugepoint.org\/our-work\/resettlement\/","title":{"rendered":"Resettlement"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1832,"parent":6,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"theme\/template-self-reliance-resettlement.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":{"below_hero_text":"

We help refugees permanently relocate to safe countries where they can rebuild their lives.<\/strong> Through our resettlement programs, we help more than 7,500 refugees to access resettlement each year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, many refugees can\u2019t go home and can\u2019t safely stay in the country to which they have fled. We help these people relocate to a safe, new country so that they can begin to rebuild their lives.<\/p>\n

RefugePoint has long been a leader in refugee resettlement. We refer refugees for resettlement through our Urban Refugee Protection Program (URPP) in Nairobi, as well as through our partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), through which we employ expert resettlement staff, placing them in UNHCR operations globally.<\/p>\n

We are among the very small number of NGOs globally trusted by governments to identify refugees for their resettlement programs and to train other NGOs to do similar work. We are also one of just three deployment partners working with UNHCR on global resettlement casework, and at any time we have approximately 50 of our expert resettlement staff working in UNHCR operations around the world. Our staff interview refugees, document their experiences and refer them to governments for resettlement consideration. While their main effort is casework to support individual refugees to access resettlement, they also train hundreds of UNHCR and other partner staff annually, and develop tools, systems, and procedures that increase the capacity for future resettlement referrals.<\/p>\n

Building on this foundation in casework, RefugePoint also plays a leading role in shaping global resettlement policy. In recent years, UNHCR has estimated that as many as 2 million refugees are in need of resettlement annually, though as few as 50,000 may actually access it in a year. Accordingly, RefugePoint emphasizes the importance of equitable access to resettlement for those who need it most, as articulated in our 2021 report on Preserving the Humanitarian Nature of Resettlement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Child Protection<\/a> is a critical consideration that is at the foundation of our resettlement work, as children at-risk are very often among the refugees most in need of resettlement. Learn more about what RefugePoint Child Protection Experts do<\/a>.<\/p>\n","section_1":{"icon":"