Center for Immigration Excellence - CIE

03/30/2022

It's about time!!

The measures announced by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) include allowing more applicants to pay extra fees to have their applications processed more quickly.

03/28/2022

More than 3.8 million people have fled Ukraine since the war began, while approximately 10.2 million people — about a quarter of the total population — have been forcibly displaced inside the country, according to the United Nations

03/25/2022

“The right to seek and gain asylum is universal. It is not conditional on the colour of your skin, your age, gender, beliefs or birthplace. Respect for refugee rights is not open to interpretation or negotiation." U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi

Western countries have offered Ukrainians fleeing violence a warmer embrace than other categories of refugees. The United Nations said Thursday they should apply the same approach to other displaced people.

03/08/2022

The number of refugees fleeing Ukraine reached 2 million on Tuesday, according to the United Nations, the fastest exodus Europe has seen since World War II.

03/06/2022

Just over a week after Russian rockets first began to slam into Ukraine, more than 1.3 million people have fled over the borders of neighbouring European countries into a frightening and uncertain future. What we are witnessing, the United Nations has warned, is the largest refugee crisis in a century.

03/05/2022

09/22/2021

"While some people arriving at the border may not be refugees, anyone who ... claims to have a well-founded fear of being persecuted in their country of origin - they should have access to asylum and to have their claim assessed before being subjected to expulsion or deportation"
- U.N. refugee agency spokesperson Shabia Mantoo

09/21/2021

Rather than bringing people to safety via transit centers and, ultimately, to countries including the United States, these flights are sending vulnerable migrants and asylum-seekers back to danger — returning them to the very places they’re fleeing.

These asylum-seekers should be welcomed just like Afghans are being welcomed. All refugees deserve protection, not just our allies.

05/04/2021

https://news.yahoo.com/biden-raises-refugee-cap-62-203700592.html

The announcement comes after Democrats slammed the move last month, with the White House saying then it would announce a new cap by May 15.

04/25/2021

Why did it take so long to acknowledge the obvious?

The decision comes amid worsening relations between the United States and Turkey.

02/05/2021

Refugee arrivals shrank so drastically under Trump, experts say it will take months or years to revive flow.