2.A Refugees: From Eligibility to Arrival
A.2 What resources and partnerships are required to process privately sponsored refugees?
Why is this area important?
Actors need to consider the resources and partnerships necessary to process all aspects of private sponsorship – from registration/application, to assessing eligibility, to screening, to transportation and arrival.
Considerations may include:
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(i) What steps are required to process a privately sponsored refugee?
(ii) Where is each processing step completed?
(iii) If refugees are referred by an organization, what processing steps does the referral organization undertake, and what steps are the responsibility of the resettlement country?
(iv) If refugees are named by sponsors, which actor(s) is/are responsible for which processing step?
(v) How do various processing actors communicate their actions and decisions?
(vi) What is the role of the host country in processing refugees for sponsorship/resettlement?
(vii) What policies govern data-sharing between actors?