In a statement, the World Refugee & Migration Council has called for global leadership to avert further human suffering and bloodshed in Afghanistan, especially for the millions of displaced persons in the country.
Pathways for Protection: Promoting Sponsorship Initiatives for Refugees
Virtual Panel Discussion: 8 September 2021, 09:00-10:15 EDT The humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is driving Afghans to seek safety outside of their country. But with more than 20 million refugees already registered globally with the UN Refugee Agency — and only a small fraction of resettlement needs being met each year — new pathways to protect and resettle Afghans […]
#WorldRefugeeDay: Reset the Response to Forced Displacement
World Refugee Day this year marks a distressing milestone: the number of people around the world who have been forcibly displaced due to violence, persecution and human rights violations has risen to 82.4 million, according the the UNHCR’s 2021 Global Trends report. In 2018, as the World Refugee & Migration Council prepared our report A […]
Nuevo grupo de trabajo de alto nivel: una respuesta regional es crucial para atender la migración en América del Norte y Centroamérica
Un nuevo grupo de trabajo de alto nivel lanzado hoy reúne a la sociedad civil, a líderes empresariales, a investigadores académicos y a antiguos responsables políticos para impulsar respuestas colectivas y regionales a los problemas de seguridad económica y de gobernanza a largo plazo que impulsan a los migrantes y a los solicitantes de asilo a abandonar sus hogares.
Event Report: Building Political Will in the Americas
Read the report of our panel discussion with three leaders — Madeleine Albright in the United States, Lloyd Axworthy in Canada and Mayu Brizuela de Ávila in El Salvador — on the domestic and regional actions and policies as well as the international peace and security diplomacy needed to build political will and transform governance to reset the response to forced displacement. New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof moderated the event co-hosted by the Aspen Ministers Forum.