From 15 to 17 October 2022, CCME members and partners met for an exchange on recent developments in community sponsorship and the role of churches – the event looked to exchange on developments in the official sponsorship programmes since CCME´s Decembers 2021. 

At the same time, the event reflected how special programmes which used procedures similar to community sponsorship e.g. in the reception of Afghans and Ukrainians in the years 2021-22 have impacted on the community sponsorship discussions.

Starting from the UNHCR description of community sponsorship that it “covers different types of community-based and private sponsorship programmes that allow individuals, groups of individuals or organizations to come together to provide financial, emotional and practical support for the reception and integration of refugees who are admitted to their country.”1 The abovementioned programmes would clearly fall under a logic of community sponsorship.

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