PPT-Overview of MA Refugee Resettlement Program

December 8 2015 DRAFT for BBA 121515 brown bag HISTORY MA Office for Refugees and Immigrants ORI and the Federal Refugee Act of 1980 In 1985 the Massachusetts Office for Refugee Resettlement was designated by MA Executive Order . 0P 4.12 Principles and Objectives. WB Safeguards Training Workshop. Tbilisi. , May 2013. A Resettlement Overview. Why does the Bank have an Involuntary Resettlement Policy?. How has the Bank’s policy evolved?. Jennifer Ardon, Canadian Lutheran World Relief. March 13, 2015. Immigration Connection, Guelph. Who can be sponsored via the PSR program?. United Nations . definition of refugee: . “any person outside his/her country of origin who has a well-founded fear of persecution by reason of religion, race, nationality, sexual orientation, political opinion or membership in a particular social group.” (1951 UN Refugee Convention and 1967 Protocol. A Refugee is a person who . Is outside . his or her . own country. Has . a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons . of: . race, . religion, . nationality,. political . opinion or . membership in a particular social group. . Gateway to the World. World View 2012 Community College Symposium UNC Chapel Hill, Nov 14, 2012. North Carolina : Gateway to the World. Presented. by. Raleigh Bailey, Ph.D.. Director, UNCG Center for New North Carolinians. Morton . Beiser. CM, MD, FRCP,. Professor or Distinction,. Ryerson University,. Member, Board of Directors OMHARN. MODELS OF IMMIGRANT HEALTH. The Damaged. “…the waifs and strays of Europe….freaks of creation.” (The Mail and Empire, 1899. S. ociety . R. esettlement. Exploring Resettlement Agencies’ Experiences Planning for Syrian Refugee Resettlement. Catherine Kenny. Disaster and Emergency Management, York University. June 1, 2017. What is Refuge Resettlement?. Founded in 1946. Mission: end hunger, promote peace and justice. Supported by 37 member communions . Program areas: food, water, assisting refugees and the vulnerable . Active in more than 30 countries. Sponsored by Church World Service (CWS), Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC), HIAS, International Rescue Committee (IRC), Jesuit Conference USA, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services (LIRS), U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Migration and Refugee Services (USCCB/MRS) and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) Church World Service (CWS), Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC), HIAS, International Rescue Committee (IRC), Jesuit Conference USA, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services (LIRS), U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Migration and Refugee Services (USCCB/MRS) and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI). . dcf.wisconsin.gov. A refugee is a person who is outside of his or her country and is unable or unwilling to return because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution. .. dcf.wisconsin.gov. Quarterly Meeting. April 3, . 2018. Refugees: 10,548 . SIVs: 7,755. *as of March 31, 2018 . . U.S. Year-to-Date Arrivals . Refugees: 2,125. SIVs: 285 . * PRM Projections as of 3/30/2018. Quarterly Meeting. September 2017. Refugees: 52,065. SIVs: 18,345 . . . U.S. Year-to-Date . Arrivals . MARICOPA. COUNTY. Country. Total. Grand Total. DRC. 540. 1,693. Cuba. 417. Iraq. Presented by: Lisa Ann Brennan, MTS. Program Manager, Services for New Americans. lbrennan@ascentria.org. www.ascentria.org. . . Ascentria . Services for New Americans is part of a national network of voluntary organizations which works in conjunction the U.S. Department of State and the Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants, to . May 5, 2017. Free Clinic Association of PA Conference. Agenda. Who is a refugee?. Definitions and trends. Services they are entitled to. What do I do if a refugee walks into my clinic?. Screenings recommendations. Audience A: . Awareness-raising session for senior staff. Aims and objectives of this session. 2. What do we mean by resettlement?. 3. Why manage resettlement well?. 4. International standards. National legislation.