Two years ago this week, the U.S. government began Operation Allies Welcome (OAW) to resettle tens of thousands of Afghans across the United States. It also ended the non-combatant evacuation operation to airlift at-risk Afghans from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Country conditions in Afghanistan have deteriorated in the intervening two years of […]
Category: Policy and Advocacy
Never Again and Never Forget the Rohingya Genocide
Today marks Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day. Six years ago, violence and persecution related to the so-called “clearance operation” by the Myanmar military in Rakhine State forced more than 700,000 Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh. During this time, numerous human rights abuses were committed against the Rohingya population. The events of 2017 follow decades of persecution […]
Policy Brief: At Home and Abroad, Afghans Need Protections Two Years After Taliban Takeover
To mark the two-year anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, policy analyst Daniel Salazar summarizes the successes and failures in U.S. policies to protect at-risk Afghans, including U.S. refugee admissions, special immigrant visas, the Afghan Adjustment Act proposed in Congress, asylum, re-parole, Temporary Protected Status, and Special Student Relief. Click here to read the full Policy […]
Fulfilling a Responsibility to Protect: USCRI Welcomes Ukraine TPS Redesignation
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) welcomes today’s decision by the Biden administration to extend and redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Ukraine for 18-months. The extension will continue to protect approximately 26,000 current TPS beneficiaries and the redesignation will offer protection to an estimated 166,700 Ukrainian nationals who more recently arrived in […]
USCRI Statement: USCRI and Fellow Advocates Call for Ukraine TPS Redesignation
Today, the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) and five leading organizations called on the Biden administration to immediately extend and redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Ukraine for 18-months. Temporary Protected Status extends work authorization and protection from removal for nationals of designated countries experiencing conflict, an environmental disaster, or other extraordinary and […]
Policy Brief: Crossing for a Future: Children Migrating Through the Darién Gap
In this week’s policy and advocacy report, policy analyst Victoria Walker highlights the record-breaking numbers of children crossing the perilous Darién Gap and provides recommended action steps for host country governments, civil society organizations, and other actors to better protect children in migration and strengthen the response to child migration flows. Click here to read the […]
USCRI Webinar: Afghan Policy Update
On August 3, U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) Policy and Legal staff discussed the latest legislative and executive efforts to extend legal protections to Afghan parolees, who arrived in the United States nearly two years ago amid the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. The panelists discussed the most recent developments on the Afghan Adjustment […]
Unwanted and Unprotected: Displaced Eritreans Caught by Conflict, Crisis, and Cruelty
Eritrean refugees and asylum seekers continue to be exposed to horrific human rights violations, such as kidnappings and forced disappearances. They cannot safely return to their home country, which features indefinite mandatory military conscription among other forms of repression. They cannot find safety and security in nearby countries, between targeted violence and harassment by security […]
Afghan Parolees to Keep Access to Key Resettlement Benefits
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) applauds the federal government’s decision to allow thousands of Afghans in the United States to retain access to critical resettlement benefits and services. On August 1, the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) announced that eligible Afghan parolees who have filed for re-parole, asylum, or an adjustment of […]
USCRI Policy Brief: No Survivor Left Behind
To mark World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, in this week’s Policy and Advocacy Report, policy analyst Aaron Nodjomian-Escajeda examines global trends on trafficking in persons and provides recommendations on what the United States can do to “reach every victim of trafficking” and “leave no one behind.” This report is part of USCRI’s ongoing work […]
