Mission
RefugePoint advances lasting solutions for at-risk refugees and supports the humanitarian community to do the same.
why refugees
We focus on finding lasting solutions for refugees because we believe that everyone benefits when refugees are given a chance to use their talents and skills to contribute to their host countries and to the world.
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20
years
The average length of time before a refugee can return home.
79.5
million
Forcibly displaced people worldwide, including 26 million refugees.
I have no more worries, no more stress, and no more fear. Here, I am a very happy person. Here, there is no threat against my life, and I am looking forward to starting my Ph.D. very soon.
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We take a three-pronged approach to achieving impact:
Direct Services: Providing services to meet the needs of individuals and households.
Field Building: Supporting other organizations to accelerate and expand programs for reaching refugee populations.
Systems Change: Influencing policy and decision-makers to drive large-scale change.
REFUGEE Solutions
After refugees flee their home country, they are left with three basic solutions: return home when conditions are safe (repatriation); remain in their current host country and eventually become citizens (local integration); or resettle to another country (resettlement). We focus on the two solutions that we can impact: resettlement and complementary pathways, and self-reliance.
Resettlement and Complementary Pathways
Resettlement involves permanently relocating refugees to a safe country where they can rebuild their lives. Resettlement is often the best option for refugees who cannot return home and cannot reside safely in the country to which they have fled. RefugePoint identifies the most at-risk refugees and connects them with resettlement opportunities. Once they are referred to a receiving government, other agencies take over the resettlement process from there. Our role is identification and referral. Complementary Pathways involves helping refugees access legal pathways, aside from resettlement, to become established in a safe third country, such as relocation for employment, education, and family reunification.
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Self-Reliance
Self-reliance involves stabilizing refugees in the countries to which they have fled and helping them to advance, socially and economically, so that they can meet their essential household needs. Most refugees won’t have the opportunity to resettle or return to their homes. However, given the right supports, many refugees are able to rebuild their lives in the host country to which they have fled.
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Self-Reliance Initiative
The Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative is a collaboration among NGOs, UNHCR, foundations, government agencies, the private sector and others that aims to support refugees to achieve a better quality of life and regain agency over their finances and futures, while at the same time supporting the peace, stability and prosperity goals of the hosting countries. The Initiative is focused on promoting self-reliance opportunities for refugees around the world to enjoy lives of dignity and hope, even during protracted periods of limbo in their host countries.
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73,756
Since 2005, we have directly helped 73,756 refugees in their search for solutions.
Flip The CardAs of the end of 2017, we had directly helped 73,756 refugees in their search for solutions, including resettlement and self-reliance. Through our field-building and systems change activities, our work has indirectly benefitted tens of thousands more.
204
Since 2005, we have worked with refugees in 204 locations across 41 countries worldwide.
Flip The CardAs of the end of 2019, we had worked with refugees in 204 locations across 41 countries in Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. We actively work to reach locations and refugee populations that have been underserved by the refugee response system.
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