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21/01/23 09:26 AM IST

US launches programme allowing private ‘sponsorship’ of refugees

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  • The United States is launching a new programme that will allow groups of people and organisations in the US to “sponsor” refugees seeking sanctuary in the country.
About Welcome corps scheme
  • It is a new initiative from the US government to provide support for refugees arriving in the country under the USRAP.
  • Initially, the scheme will only be open to those refugees who have been approved by the US government and the goal is to get at least 1000 Americans to sponsor the refugees.
  • The model is similar to the one used in Canada, known as the “Refugee Cap” program.
  • The Welcome Corps scheme is seen as an effort by the Biden Administration to address these criticisms and provide support to refugees in a more direct way.
  • The goal is to get at least 10,000 Americans to come forward as private sponsors for at least 5,000 refugees in the first year of the programme, which is similar to a model used in Canada.
Source- India Today

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