John Fredriksson, the LIRS representative in Washington, D.C., briefed the group on current topics on Capitol Hill and the craft of lobbying. LIRS staff provided updates on the resettlement program, financial reporting requirements, planning and development, first asylum concerns, case processing and children's services. It is possible for a refugee's friend to sponsor resettlement, but a great deal of documentation is needed to prove that relationship. We have to do everything in our power to document these relationships. If they can not return home, said Yungk, the UN prefers refugees settle where they are.
Resettlement is considered a last resort.
The UN would prefer to conduct an exhaustive search for the immediate family of an unaccompanied minor, rather than resettle the child with an aunt or uncle in a third country.