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October 15, 2020
News Article
... Mexico,” an array of cruel and ineffective asylum and immigration policies still stand, foremost among them Title ... policies. Advocates are developing positive narratives about immigrants and are working to transform the broader ... at GCIR we are hosting a program on strengthening the immigration legal services infrastructure on July 20th as a ...
July 14, 2022
Issue Spotlight
... asylum backlog is nearly 670,000 cases, which will take about 4.5 years to process, far longer than the two-year ...
October 6, 2022
Issue Spotlight
We at GCIR are heartbroken about the devastating crises unfolding in Afghanistan and ...
August 19, 2021
Statement
Amidst travel restrictions and other government responses to the growing COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, as of March 17, 2020, temporarily suspended refugee resettlement departures—the actual travel of a refugee from their initial country of asylum to the country where they will be resettled. In addition to travel disruptions, the UNHCR cited concerns that refugees would be placed at a higher risk of contracting and transmitting the virus if they continued to travel as reasons behind their decision.
April 21, 2020
News Article
... to emergency health and medical services. Increased immigration enforcement and deportations , continued en-masse court proceedings, delays in immigration and asylum procedures, and other policy changes ... Rapid Response Migration Fund and invites you to help us offer support to all our partners doing critical work on ...
March 18, 2020
Response Fund
A news article from Reuters looking at the positive impact the incoming Biden Administration may have on refugee populations around the world.
November 12, 2020
News Article