Building the Future Through Community Sponsorship of Refugees – Comparing Experiences and Learning From Each Other

Workshop organized by the International Catholic Migration Commission and the ICMC and the Canadian Embassy to the Holy See.

Civil society, including faith-based organizations, is playing a key role in supporting newly-arrived refugees in countries around the world. In the last 40 years, a deliberate process to link communities and refugees called “Community Sponsorship”, providing new arrivals with financial, emotional, and practical help on arrival, has been pioneered in Canada and is now being implemented in almost 20 countries on four continents. This workshop, spread over two afternoons, was an opportunity for exchanges between those working at the grassroots with each other and with governments and international organizations that help enable these efforts.

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