At the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva, Refugees International and the Center for Global Development co-hosted a spotlight session on how innovative programming and financing can help expand labor market access for refugees and forced migrants. Read the four main takeaways.
A new Trump administration proposal would undermine the rights of all workers and harm asylum seekers.
The Trump administration is inflicting unnecessary suffering and pain on asylum seekers.
Refugees International submitted a comment for the record opposing the Trump administration’s proposed rule to eliminate the 30-day deadline to process initial asylum seekers’ work permits.
Turkey is home to the largest refugee population in the world. But with an economic downturn and a rising unemployment rate, refugees in Turkey are facing increasing hostility.
Several countries around the world including Jordan are slowly recognizing the right of refugees to work and providing them opportunities to join the formal labor market.
Two years into the Jordan Compact, many refugees in Jordan are worse off.
There are several myths informing the conversation around access to employment for Syrian refugee women living in Jordan.
Legal jobs are largely inaccessible for the vast majority of refugees in Turkey.
Izza Leghtas recently completed a two-week research mission in Turkey, investigating the ongoing challenges refugees face in accessing the formal labor market. She met men and women from Syria, Afghanistan and Iran, who shared their personal experiences and described their current jobs and work conditions.
Labor Market Access for Refugees and Forced Migrants: Lessons Learned from the Global Refugee Forum
At the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva, Refugees International and the Center for Global Development co-hosted a spotlight session on how innovative programming and financing can help expand labor market access for refugees and forced migrants. Read the four main takeaways.
Washington Post: Why Forbidding Asylum Seekers from Working Undermines the Right to Seek Asylum
A new Trump administration proposal would undermine the rights of all workers and harm asylum seekers.
Trump Administration Puts More Nails in the Coffin of Decency and Fairness to Asylum Seekers
The Trump administration is inflicting unnecessary suffering and pain on asylum seekers.
U.S. Government Should Protect 30-Day Rule to Process Asylum Seeker Work Permits
Refugees International submitted a comment for the record opposing the Trump administration’s proposed rule to eliminate the 30-day deadline to process initial asylum seekers’ work permits.
Insecure Future: Deportations and Lack of Legal Work for Refugees in Turkey
Turkey is home to the largest refugee population in the world. But with an economic downturn and a rising unemployment rate, refugees in Turkey are facing increasing hostility.
Gaining Access to Work for Women Refugees in Jordan
Several countries around the world including Jordan are slowly recognizing the right of refugees to work and providing them opportunities to join the formal labor market.
Out of Reach: Legal Work Still Inaccessible to Refugees in Jordan
Two years into the Jordan Compact, many refugees in Jordan are worse off.
Debunking Myths of Syrian Women’s Absence from Jordan’s Labor Market
There are several myths informing the conversation around access to employment for Syrian refugee women living in Jordan.
Legal Employment Still Inaccessible to Refugees in Turkey
Legal jobs are largely inaccessible for the vast majority of refugees in Turkey.
“Work is Everything in Life”: Refugees Seek Formal Employment in Turkey
Izza Leghtas recently completed a two-week research mission in Turkey, investigating the ongoing challenges refugees face in accessing the formal labor market. She met men and women from Syria, Afghanistan and Iran, who shared their personal experiences and described their current jobs and work conditions.