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Learn more about what community sponsorship is, which countries are developing, implementing and exploring community sponsorship, and how you can take part.
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From sponsored refugee to refugee sponsor Angham Yunes, Ireland Community Sponsorship A Growing Global Movement Community Sponsorship in the UK

Are you an individual interested getting involved in sponsorship? Click on this map for key contacts in your country/region.

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Guidance and resources to help public servants, civil society organizations, and community members research and design community-based refugee sponsorship programs in their countries.
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Canada. Honouring Canada as a past Nansen Refugee Award receipient.

Creating opportunities for communities to welcome refugees

United Kingdom. Community Sponsorship scheme resettles Syrian refugee families with the help of local community groups

To increase refugee resettlement opportunities

United Kingdom. Community Sponsorship scheme resettles Syrian refugee families with the help of local community groups

To improve refugee integration outcomes

Canada: Canadian Families Sponsor a single mother and her two children from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

To strengthen local host communities

To promote welcoming and inclusive societies

Canada. Honouring Canada as a past Nansen Refugee Award receipient.

To improve the narrative about refugees and other newcomers

Stories

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Sponsored Refugee Turned Refugee Sponsor: Angham Yunes, Ireland

The Global Refugee Sponsorship Initiative (GRSI) interviewed Angham Yunes, a member of the first family of refugees sponsored to Ireland, for the European Parliament's High-level Interparliamentary Conference on Migration and Asylum in Europe on November 19, 2020.

From sponsored refugee to refugee sponsor Angham Yunes, Ireland

Community Sponsorship A Growing Global Movement

The Community Sponsorship: A Growing Global Movement video shares insights from different countries’ community sponsorship approaches as well as the benefits of such reciprocal relationship.

Community Sponsorship A Growing Global Movement

Community Sponsorship in the UK (Shorter Version)

Focused on the community sponsorship scheme, this video demonstrates the power and will of the UK community groups in helping vulnerable refugees in their resettlement efforts.

Community Sponsorship in the UK
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Community Sponsorship Enriches Lives

Canada started its private sponsorship program in 1979. Since then, sponsors have welcomed more than 300,000* refugees. A community group in Newfoundland shares its experiences.

*As of January 2017.
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Explore Sponsorship

Learn more about what community sponsorship is, which countries are developing, implementing and exploring community sponsorship, and how you can take part.
Find out more
Featured Resources
From sponsored refugee to refugee sponsor Angham Yunes, Ireland Community Sponsorship A Growing Global Movement Community Sponsorship in the UK

Are you an individual interested getting involved in sponsorship? Click on this map for key contacts in your country/region.

Click to view larger interactive map.
Design a Program
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Design a Program

Guidance and resources to help public servants, civil society organizations, and community members research and design community-based refugee sponsorship programs in their countries.
Find out more
Featured Resources
Grow a Program
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Grow a Program

Support for organizations and community leaders in countries developing refugee sponsorship programs.
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