{"id":65,"date":"2015-10-09T12:40:31","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T16:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vcsolidarity\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2017-10-19T20:50:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T00:50:13","slug":"educateyourself","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vcsolidarity\/educateyourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Educate Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">We present the information below with the reminder that reducing people to numbers, data and trends is fraught with difficulties and problems. Every data point is a person with more than one story.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> We also display various international and national organizations mindful that many of these perpetuate existing and increasingly violent structures, but recognizing that no conversation on the forced global movements of people is complete without them.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Introductory<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Data<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/figures-at-a-glance.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UNHCR,&nbsp;Figures at a Glance<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Interactive<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.therefugeeproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Refugee Project<\/em>: Map-based exploration of refugee migrations over time<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twobillionmiles.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Two Billion Miles<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>News<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reliefweb.int\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>ReliefWeb-<\/em>&nbsp;Stay on top of the actual news<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Major International Organizations<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icrc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Committee of the Red Cross<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iom.int\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Organization for Migration<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.refugeesinternational.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Refugee International<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>US Policies on Refugees<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Take a look at this overview of US refugee law and policies for an introduction to the legal aspect of this current refugee crisis. It is important to understand all aspects of this issue as well as the great variety of issues refugees and asylum-seekers face.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/vcsolidarity\/files\/2015\/10\/The-Refugee-Processing-and-Screening-System.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Refugee Processing and Screening System<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">The refugee processing and screening system to enter the United States is extremely complex. The average time from the initial UNHCR referral to arrival as a refugee in the United States is about 18-24 months. More information can be found in the State Department&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/j\/prm\/ra\/admissions\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) Refugee Admission page<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acf.hhs.gov\/programs\/orr\/resource\/voluntary-agencies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Voluntary Agency<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">VOLAG, also seen as Volag or VolAg, stands for Voluntary Agency, referring to the group of &nbsp;nine U.S. private agencies and one state agency, all of which have established cooperative agreements with the U.S. State Department to facilitate the reception and relocation of refugees coming into the U.S. These agencies&#8217; funding comes from the State Department&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.state.gov\/j\/prm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM)<\/a> as well as fundraising by the agencies themselves. These funds go toward providing sponsorship, initial housing, food and clothing, orientation, and counseling for incoming refugees.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>List of VOLAGs<\/strong>:<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cwsglobal.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Church World Service<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalmigrationministries.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Episcopal Migration Ministries<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecdcus.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ethiopian Community Development Council<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hias.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rescue.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Rescue Committee<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lirs.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/refugees.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">United States Conference of Catholic Bishops<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldrelief.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Relief<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We present the information below with the reminder that reducing people to numbers, data and trends is fraught with difficulties and problems. 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