Hashmat‘s Search for Peace

We were happy to get out of there, but everybody cried when we got the letter that stated we were accepted as refugees...

Moses and Lilian's Refuge

Lilian and Moses are content for the moment. They are grateful the Ugandans have been so welcoming and helpful in giving them what they needed most – safety and a small plot of land to grow things.

Nyamko’s Family Reunion

On the 24th of March, 1981, only a few days before her twelfth birthday, Nyamko, her brothers and sisters, and their mother, were finally reunited with their father who was a refugee in Sweden. In the elections to the Swedish parliament in 2006, the Liberal party got seats in the government and Nyamko Sabuni was appointed Minister for Integration and Gender Equality.

What is resettlement?

Paw Wah Video Nine Million

Karen refugees have lived in Tham Hin camp, in Thailand, for ten years with no hope of going home. They cannot leave the compound. Paw Wah, now 15 years old, arrived at the age of five and she hopes to be resettled to America.

Seeking Resettlement in Canada

When defining the ‘Durable Solutions’ framework, resettlement was listed as a viable option for dealing with refugees in addition to others such as reintegration and repatriation.  Resettlement involves the permanent relocation of a refugee to a new host country. 

Resettling in the UK

Since 2004 the United Kingdom government has worked in partnership with UNHCR to resettle some of the world’s most vulnerable refugees through its ‘Gateway Protection Programme’, which enables hundreds of refugees to start a new life in the UK each year.

Seeking Resettlement in the US

Each year thousands of people escape violence and conflict at home, fleeing across their country’s border into a country where they are safe from harm. Some of these people then seek resettlement in the United States where they will never again have to face the persecution they suffered in their home country.