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...their adopted land, a threat heightened by the foundering economy. The government's refugee-assistance system as it exists is in crisis, and it's failing to meet its basic mandate to protect and serve refugees, said Robert Carey, vice president of resettlement policy at the International Rescue Committee (IRC), which assists Iraqis and other refugees resettle in the U.S. A new report co-sponsored by the IRC and the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute points out that the problems existed long before the economic downturn, but the recession has highlighted and worsened its flaws. (Read about the plight of Iraq...
Robin Dunn Marcos, IRC executive director in Phoenix, pointed to stark employment data among refugees from all countries served by her office. In the first three months of the 2008 budget year, her agency found jobs for 100 refugees. In the same period this year, only 28 found work. In 2007, the agency considered 80% of the refugees settled by her office to be self-sufficient. This year, so far, it's just 10%. At the same time, the annual number of Iraqi refugees is growing. Just 202 were admitted in 2006; this year could see an influx...
...will be taken by officials in Damascus and Amman - with dire consequences for the refugees. "I'm wary that this will be interpreted by asylum countries that it's O.K. to return Iraqis forcibly," says Bob Carey, vice president for resettlement and migration policy at the International Rescue Committee (IRC...
...protectionist actions and I think that reflects a change in intellectual mindset,” he said. The event, organized by the Harvard International Relations Council as part of their “International Relations Week,” attracted only a handful of students to Ticknor Lounge. The IRC has seven more events planned for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday...
...Some groups, including the World Food Program and Catholic Relief Services, were allowed to continue operating. Still, several of the organizations were the only ones providing their particular services - MSF and the IRC, for example, were the sole providers of medical services in the Kalma, and their clinics will either be closed or run by internally displaced people with minimal training...