USCCB/MRS

Migration and Refugee Services is a well-recognized leader with more than 30 years of experience in helping Cubans and Haitians who resettle in the United States under unique and complex immigration policies. The total number of clients serviced by our program in 2014 was over 7,000. The MRS Reception, Processing, and Resettlement office in Miami, in partnership with the MRS Cuban/Haitian resettlement network in the rest of the U.S., helped to resettle 1,888 clients, of which 1,144 cases were Family Reunifications and 744 were Free Cases (no family in the United States). An additional 5,253 newly arrived clients were provided orientation and referral services through the Parolee Orientation Program. Among those resettled were several unaccompanied minors who were reunited with their Cuban and Haitian families in the U.S.

Tens of thousands of children have fled to the United States in recent years escaping violence, crippling poverty, and abuse. Our Community Based Referral Program provides children and youth with appropriate medical and/or mental health services, school enrollment assistance, and referrals to pro bono legal services, with the ultimate goal of family reunification.