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... and other government responses to the growing COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations High Commissioner for ... However, the U.S. introduced new travel restrictions on March 20th that allow border patrol agents to block asylum seekers from entering the country on the grounds of slowing the spread of COVID-19 , an action ...
April 21, 2020
News Article
... (HIP) invites their members to contribute to their COVID-19 Rapid Response Migration Fund, which will provide ... help bring front-line migrant serving organizations the resources they need to develop and launch emergency ... groups such as Doctors Without Borders are working on creating internal protocols on this issue, many grassroots ...
March 18, 2020
Response Fund
... States. Under the guise of stopping the spread of Covid-19 through the Trump-era Title 42 policy, migrants are being ... of protest. Haitian and Black-led organizations are on the front lines of this response, providing humanitarian ... to end the expulsions. Members of Congress are calling on officials to stop these mass deportations and to take ...
October 7, 2021
Issue Spotlight
... the guise of protecting public health during the Covid-19 pandemic – allows authorities to quickly expel migrants ... for months or even years, advocates are calling on Congress and the administration to use all the tools at ... these strategies. Here at GCIR we are hosting a program on strengthening the immigration legal services ...
July 14, 2022
Issue Spotlight
... war. Ninety percent of these migrants entered the country on humanitarian parole (HP), which allows them to live and ... Act . We encourage funders to join GCIR in signing on to Evacuate Our Allies’ endorsement of the AAA . Passage ... Afghan-led groups , such as Afghan Network for Advocacy & Resources (ANAR) and Afghans for a Better Tomorrow . As a ...
October 6, 2022
Issue Spotlight
... in destination communities. Assistance also supports unaccompanied children and youth after they are released from federal care ... investing strategically in a powerful set of organizations on the ground, groups with deep community relationships that ...
October 6, 2021
Press Release
... in the coming days and weeks, the time to support groups on the ground assisting these refugees is now. Haiti’s ... of which have limited capacity and must focus their scarce resources on their core work. View relevant recent GCIR resources to inform your response , including our program and ...
August 19, 2021
Statement