Business leaders, faith leaders, state and local leaders, members of Congress, and people seeking safety themselves have come together with a single message: let asylum seekers work.
October 19, 2023
Refugees International welcomes the Biden administration’s announcements yesterday of the extension and redesignation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status and other measures that will enable those who have sought safety in the United States…
September 21, 2023
The Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act is a win-win-win for business, state and local governments, and people seeking safety.
September 14, 2023
Refugees’ right to work has been repeatedly affirmed in international law, yet in practice the majority of the world’s refugees live in countries that substantially restrict those rights, according to…
July 28, 2022
Researchers at Refugees International and the Center for Global Development find that Kenyan policies limiting refugees’ right to work, freedom of movement, and access to financial services in turn increase…
November 19, 2021
Refugees International welcomes Kenya’s new Refugees Bill, which was signed into law today.
November 17, 2021
420+ U.S. businesses of all sizes from all 50 states have signed onto the Businesses for Refugees pledge, a campaign effort to bring together businesses across the United States to…
November 10, 2021
Refugees International applauds Colombia’s commitment to regularize displaced Venezuelans and allow them the right to work for ten years.
February 8, 2021
The Center for Global Development and Refugees International launched a report today about COVID-19’s economic effects on Venezuelan refugees in Peru.
December 16, 2020
The Center for Global Development and Refugees International launched a report today finding that COVID-19’s economic effects hit Venezuelan refugees in Colombia particularly hard.
October 28, 2020
