Keeping Business Clean: Anti-Corruption Actions for the Private Sector
Join us in Vancouver on November 27 for an insightful discussion with key business leaders and experts on the critical role of the private sector in combatting corruption.
Join us in Vancouver on November 27 for an insightful discussion with key business leaders and experts on the critical role of the private sector in combatting corruption.
World Refugee & Migration Council Vice President of Research Elizabeth Ferris has received the prestigious Center for Migration Studies award for excellence in migration scholarship.
As war expands into Lebanon, Prince El Hassan bin Talal and WRMC Chair Lloyd Axworthy write that the international community must act swiftly to address the escalating crisis, enforce international laws, and uphold the protection of those most vulnerable to the devastating consequences of the conflict.
WRMC Honorary Co-Chair Prince El Hassan Bin Talal writes in this article first published in Modern Diplomacy that although the world has been spared from armed
“It is time for an honest appraisal and an urgent call to action for governments and stakeholders to stretch out, to make the refugee response system fair, effective and efficient for refugees and governments alike. We must protect those fleeing danger, supply host country needs, alleviate citizens’ fears, hold those leaders generating displacement accountable and re-establish international cooperation.”
Read A Call to Action: Transforming the Global Refugee System
World Refugee & Migration Council partner Global Independent Refugee Women Leaders (GIRWL) is a group of refugee women-led initiatives, networks, and advocates that works with and for refugee women to:
Haven (findhaven.org) is a platform which connects refugees who need help resettling in Canada with Canadians who can help. Refugees fleeing war in Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria, and other conflicts use Haven to match with Canadians that can help them find safe housing, secure meaningful employment, rebuild their support network, and everything else that they’ll need to restart their lives in Canada. By using technology to create a massively scalable platform, Haven wants to engage enough Canadians nationally to help the hundreds of thousands of refugees coming to Canada.
Lamp Lifeboat Ladder is a public-private partnership that supports refugee victims of torture and sexual violence one by one as they rebuild their lives. The Canadian government has formally approved this partnership, thus authorizing Lamp Lifeboat Ladder to refer up to 90 victims of torture and sexual violence for resettlement to Canada, along with their family members (roughly 500 refugees).