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Biden invites Americans to sponsor refugees as admissions languish
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WASHINGTON, 21 January 2023, (TON): President Joe Biden’s administration launched a program to encourage ordinary Americans to sponsor refugees as admissions languish despite record displacement around the world.
In what he billed as the biggest innovation in US refugee resettlement in four decades, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the new Welcome Corps would aim to ask 10,000 Americans in its first year to offer a hand to new refugees.
Blinken said “by launching the Welcome Corps, we build on a proud tradition of providing refuge and demonstrate the spirit and generosity of the American people as we commit to welcoming refugees in need of our support.”
US citizens or permanent residents in groups of five or more can sponsor refugees by helping them with basics such as winter clothing, furniture and security deposits for housing as the new Americans seek work.
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