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State Departments new program allows groups of private individuals to directly support refugees resettling in the US

On January 19, 2023, the State Department unveiled a new refugee program, Welcome Corps, which enables private sponsorship of refugees. The Welcome Corps program follows President Biden’s 2021 Executive Order on Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs to Resettle Refugees.

The State Department is allowing U.S. groups to select foreigners for the huge prize of refugee status, green cards, and then citizenship.

Pilot scheme will allow American citizens to sponsor refugees and help them settle into their communities

The Welcome Corps allows Americans to privately sponsor refugees arriving in the country

The Department of State, with the Department of Health and Human Services, on Jan. 19 announced the launch ...

The US Department of State, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services, has launched the Welcome Corps, a new private sponsorship program that will enable Americans to sponsor refugees arriving through the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), directly support their resettlement, and make a difference by welcoming these new neighbours into their

The Biden administration, having bemoaned its internal shortfalls, leans on others outside government to meet the president's lofty admission goals.

Immigrant rights groups welcome new pathway for refugee resettlement amid tensions over Biden administration policies.

There are approximately one million Rohingya refugees currently living in camps in Bangladesh.