60. Connecting Displaced People with Safety through Immigration Pathways

Betsy Fisher is the US Director of the NGO Talent Beyond Boundaries and a lecturer in international refugee law at the University of Michigan Law School. She is an immigration lawyer and advocates for government policy and technology-based platforms that help refugees and stateless people access lasting safety. She also enjoys watching sports and attempting to garden vegetables. The number of displaced people, more than 110 million people currently, has rapidly expanded. Meanwhile, avenues have narrowed for people to safely return to their homes or gain long-term status and rights where they live now. In addition to asylum and resettlement, many seek to connect refugees with other avenues to safety through employment or family ties. As an immigration lawyer and refugee advocate, Betsy has worked to advance these immigration pathways. As the US Director at Talent Beyond Boundaries, Betsy connects refugees with durable status and living wages in the United States, and previously developed a platform screening refugees for eligibility for dozens of immigration programs. Join us for a discussion of how we can leverage immigration policy and tech solutions to connect displaced people with lasting refuge. To learn more, go to: https://talentbeyondboundaries.org To read a blog that Betsy co-wrote about avenues to connect refugees with third country solutions: https://rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2023/11/21/modest-proposals-for-actors-supporting-third-country-solutions-for-refugees/ Betsy's LinkedIn account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/betsy-fisher-78051a14/ Betsy's Twitter/X profile: https://twitter.com/betsylfisher"