Here's what's going on at USCRI

USCRI is pleased to announce expanded programming and the opening of a new regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean in Aguascalientes, Mexico. These programs will focus on refugee resettlement in Mexico, combined with higher education and building relationships with local universities and their communities.

“USCRI is thrilled to expand our programming in Mexico,” said USCRI President and CEO Eskinder Negash. “I was able to personally meet with the four students from Kakuma refugee camp who have traveled to Mexico and know that this program will give them and other young refugees from around the world the opportunities they deserve to further their education.”

Click the button below to learn more about our new office in Mexico.

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Starvation and Suicide: Refugees in Kenya Camps

The extreme cuts to food rations in Kakuma Refugee Camp and Kalobeyei Settlement in Kenya have led to deadly protests, suicides, and an inhumane situation for refugees seeking safety and protection. USCRI is deeply disturbed by reports it received on the current situation in the camp, which has warehoused refugees for over three decades.

Click the button below to read more of USCRI’s statement on the humanitarian crisis happening in Kakuma and Kalobeyei.

Congress Restores Access to Benefits for Thousands of Ukrainians

USCRI applauds Congress for its vote authorizing Ukrainians who are now arriving in the United States to receive resettlement support and other assistance.

As part of a $95 billion supplemental package signed by President Biden on April 24, Ukrainian humanitarian parolees who have arrived in the United States since September 30, 2023 are newly eligible for resettlement assistance and other benefits available to refugees.

“This long-delayed vote reaffirms the United States’ commitment to welcome Ukrainians displaced by the war in Ukraine,” USCRI President and CEO Eskinder Negash said. “We are grateful members of Congress finally addressed this harmful lapse in support for newly arriving Ukrainians.”

Click the button below to read the full statement.

Country Conditions in Haiti

On February 29, 2024, a surge of gang violence erupted in Haiti, primarily in the capital of Port-au-Prince, that today continues to spiral the nation into a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian and protection crisis. This new wave of attacks perpetrated by armed gangs in Port-au-Prince marked an unprecedented level of violence that had been intensifying since the assassination of Haiti’s former President Jovenel Moïse in his home on July 7, 2021. Haiti has been without a president since and has not held elections since 2016.

Click the button below to learn more about the current situation in Haiti.

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Op-ed: U.S. must take lead in aiding climate migrants

Two weeks after he took office, President Joe Biden signed an executive order directing the U.S. government to study the relationship between climate and immigration.

Later in 2021, the White House produced a landmark report on climate change and migration - laying out how storms, wildfires, droughts and floods can force people to leave their homes.

But since this early momentum to study the issue, climate migration has largely been on the back burner.

Click the button below to read the full op-ed by USCRI President and CEO Eskinder Negash in the Seattle Times.

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