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A closer look at refugee resettlement in Georgia

  The U.S. State Department has not responded to many questions posed by a media outlet in Athens, Georgia which has looked at the refugee resettlement program, though a recent article by the new… more →

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A closer look at refugee resettlement in Georgia

Christopher Coen wrote 3 weeks ago:   The U.S. State Department has not responded to many questions posed by a media outlet in Athe … more →

Tags: CAPACITY, Funding, Georgia, moratorium / restriction / reduction, office of admissions, Refugee Resettlement and Immigration Services of Atlant, Refugee Resettlement and Immigration Services of Atlant, ATHENS, Coalition of Refugee Service Agencies

State Department Director of refugee admissions to visit Fort Wayne this week

Christopher Coen wrote 1 month ago: Larry Bartlett, director of refugee admissions for the U.S. State Department will visit Fort Wayne o … more →

Tags: Burma/Myanmar, Catholic Charities of the Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese, democracy, Detroit Area, Fort Wayne Indiana, Indianapolis, office of admissions, State Department, UN - United Nations

Mapping out power differences the starting point to giving the vulnerable a voice

Christopher Coen wrote 10 months ago: Trying to root out abuse of refugees in the humanitarian community at the international level has be … more →

Tags: NGOs (Non Governmental Organizations), reform, Sexual abuse, Abuse Issues, Safety, UNHCR, retaliation, Best Practices, Refugees

World Refugee Day 2012

Christopher Coen wrote 11 months ago: Today, June 20th, is World Refugee Day, the day that the United Nations and countless civic groups a … more →

Tags: World Refugee Day, Accountability, oversight, Refugees, Resettlement, State Department, Transparency

Comment submitted for today's State Department hearing on size & scope of refugee program — 1 comment

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: Below is a comment that a regular reader of this blog submitted for today’s State Department p … more →

Tags: CAPACITY, dangerous neighborhoods, democracy, language interpretation/translation, lack of, office of admissions, RPC (Refugee Processing Center), SIV (Special Immigrant Visa) immigrants, State Department, Travel Loan Program

Parts Of Tennessee's Refugee Act and State Dept's Visit To State Stop Making Sense

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: David Robinson, acting assistant secretary of the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration appar … more →

Tags: State Department, ORR, World Relief, Cooperative Agreement, Somali, Assistant Secretary of the PRM, Meatpacking Industry, public/private partnership, Tennessee

Acting Assistant Secretary Robinson Says TN's New Refugee Law Already Part Of Federal Law — 1 comment

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: Does the left hand know what the right hand is doing? According to an article from Chattanooga, Acti … more →

Tags: Assistant Secretary of the PRM, CAPACITY, Joint Quarterly Placement Planning Meeting, Joint Quarterly Placement Planning Meeting, legislation, Legislation Issues, moratorium / restriction / reduction, New Hampshire, ORR

Live Chat with State Dept.'s PRM Acting Assistant Secretary David Robinson

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: Today the State Department’s PRM Bureau had a live chat session on their Facebook page with Ac … more →

Tags: State Department, Cooperative Agreement, Funding, Assistant Secretary of the PRM, neglect, public/private partnership, PRM, Refugees, Resettlement

Canadian Police “restrain” 58-yr-old Karen refugee, breaking nose, fracturing ribs & vertebra – 4 officers “forget” who stomped him

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: With wrong information about the address of a suspect, Hamilton, Ontario police mistakenly broke int … more →

Tags: Abuse Issues, police, karen, Safety, Canadian refugee resettlement pgrm, Refugees, Resettlement, Burmese, hamilton

A Silence that is Deafening

nancylee1 wrote 1 year ago: I often wonder why there is almost no outcry against the wars…no call to end these horrific ve … more →

Tags: faith-based, Funding, health, immigration assistance, immigration services, Mental Health, NGOs (Non Governmental Organizations), Refugees in US, Religion Issues

State Department guarantees funding for 60,000 refugee arrivals — 5 comments

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: The U.S. Department of State has decided to guarantee funding to the private resettlement agencies t … more →

Tags: State Department, Dept. of Homeland Security, World Relief, NGOs (Non Governmental Organizations), Funding, public/private partnership, Raleigh-Durham, ceiling limit, refugee annual, RCUSA

U.S. Customs and Border Protection – getting paid overtime not to work — 1 comment

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: In this week of federal debt trauma in walks an employee of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to te … more →

Tags: Congress, Funding, Government Accountability Project, immigration services, Obama Administration, police, revolving door, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Washington

Government agency & its resettlement contractor work to silence refugee's voice

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago:   Time and again when I’ve found refugees living in deplorable conditions and receiving sub-pa … more →

Tags: Australian refugee resettlement prgm, Congolese, furnishings, lack of, household items, missing or broken, housing, housing, substandard, neglect, public/private partnership, Sudanese

State Dept. PRM's Assistant Secretary and IRC's George Rupp congratulate each other — 4 comments

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: I submitted a question for George Rupp, president and CEO of the IRC, for his interview today by the … more →

Tags: abilene, Assistant Secretary of the PRM, Baltimore, Buddhist, Children, Christian, Churches, furnishings, lack of, hindu

Australian co. accused of ripping off refugees also involved in Iraqi oil-for-food scandal — 2 comments

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: The Australian refugee resettlement contractor scandal in Newcastle, New South Whales continues to u … more →

Tags: Abuse Issues, Australian refugee resettlement prgm, Catholic, Congolese, fractious relationships with volunteers, furnishings, lack of, household items, missing or broken, housing, substandard, neglect

Refugees in Milwaukee in wretched housing - roaches, sewage, 900+ violations — 1 comment

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: Don’t think the deplorable conditions under which Australian refugee resettlement contractors … more →

Tags: Burma/Myanmar, Cooperative Agreement, faith-based, Home Visits, housing, housing, substandard, karen, LIRS, Lutheran

Australian report reveals further details about unscrupulous resettlement contractor — 2 comments

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: ABC Newcastle reports that the Australian federal government has now released an investigative repor … more →

Tags: Catholic, housing, substandard, Abuse Issues, household items, missing or broken, furnishings, lack of, housing, Australian refugee resettlement prgm, Refugee, Refugee Resettlement Program

Bilateral migration & refugee assistance cut by nearly 10%

Christopher Coen wrote 2 years ago: $928.5 billion in defense spending $898 billion in health care expenditures $787.6 billion in pensio … more →

Tags: Congress, Funding, Migration & Refugee Assistance Account (MRA), NGOs (Non Governmental Organizations), Obama Administration, State Department, UN - United Nations, bilateral migration, continuing resolution

ORR stonewalls on contractor's violation of regulation prohibiting worship using government funding — 7 comments

Christopher Coen wrote 2 years ago: ORR director -- Eskinder Negash Last March I blogged about the issue of World Relief Seattle refusin … more →

Tags: ORR, World Relief, faith-based, Religion Issues, Islamic, Christian, evangelical, Funding, Catholic


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