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☆ U.S. ‘Welcome Corps’ helps resettle LGBTQ refugees fleeing anti-gay crackdowns
  + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +4 min
He was sexually assaulted in a Libyan prison, harassed in Tunisia and tried unsuccessfully to take a boat to Europe. Ngounou joined a growing number of LGBTQ people accepted into the Welcome Corps, which launched last year and pairs groups of Americans with newly arrived refugees. “LGBTQ refugees are forced to flee their homes due to persecution and violence, not unlike other people,” said Jeremy Haldeman, deputy executive director of the Community Sponsorship Hub, which implements the Welcome Corps on behalf of the State Department. The demand far outstrips capacity: Of more than 15,000 requests for help in 2023, the nonprofit helped resettle 23 refugees through the Welcome Corps program in cities as large as Houston and towns as small as Arlington, Vermont. Another refugee in the program, Julieth Luna Garcia, is a transgender woman from El Salvador who settled in Chicago.
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☆ New Program Allows Small Groups of Americans to Sponsor Refugees
  + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Michelle Hackman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan , thousands of Afghan families came to the U.S. as refugees, overloading the U.S. refugee-resettlement system. Small groups of Americans will be able to directly sponsor refugees under a new program the Biden administration introduced Thursday. Under the program, called the Welcome Corps, groups of at least five Americans can band together to sponsor refugees from around the world who are approved by the State Department to resettle in the U.S.
☆ Americans can sponsor refugees directly under program launching this week
  + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Ted Hesson | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Groups of Americans will be able to directly sponsor refugees for resettlement in the United States under a new program launching on Thursday, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters, a step that could bolster admissions and reduce government costs. The sponsor groups will also be required to pass background checks and create a support plan. The program will aim to find U.S. sponsors for 5,000 refugees in fiscal year 2023, which ends on Sept. 30, another of the sources said. The administration also used parole to admit Afghans and Ukrainians and piloted sponsor programs to support them in the United States. Refugee Resettlement Program, which takes referrals from the United Nations and U.S. embassies.
☆ Americans can sponsor refugees directly under program launching this week -sources
  + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Ted Hesson | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Groups of Americans will be able to directly sponsor refugees for resettlement in the United States under a new program launching on Thursday, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters, a step that could bolster admissions and reduce government costs. The sponsor groups will also be required to pass background checks and create a support plan. The program will aim to find U.S. sponsors for 5,000 refugees in fiscal year 2023, which ends on Sept. 30, another of the sources said. The administration also used parole to admit Afghans and Ukrainians and piloted sponsor programs to support them in the United States. Refugee Resettlement Program, which takes referrals from the United Nations and U.S. embassies.
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