A safe pathway to resettlement for migrants and refugees | Becca Heller

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🗓️ 2 May 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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“Human migration is both inevitable and growing. What are we as a global community doing to address it?” asks human rights lawyer Becca Heller, who believes that every refugee and migrant deserves a safe pathway to resettlement. Through her work with the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), Heller is showing how the power of the law can help displaced people find homes. By providing access to legal information and services, IRAP champions a functional, rights-based legal system that empowers resettlers to find long-lasting safety. (This ambitious plan is a part of the Audacious Project, TED’s initiative to inspire and fund global change.)

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0:00.0	Hey, it's TED Talks Daily. I'm Elise Hugh. War, persecution, or natural disasters forced so many around the world to flee their homes, becoming refugees. Finding a safe place to resettle can often be arduous. Human rights lawyer Becca He, is trying to help migrants resettle in safe, organized ways,
0:24.1	which she describes in her talk at TED 2020.
0:28.1	Becca and I got to sit down and chat a little more about her ideas afterward on site at the conference.
0:34.0	You can hear that conversation right after her talk.
0:37.0	Her work is part of Ted's
0:38.4	audacious project, a collaborative funding platform that supports change makers by connecting
0:42.7	them with funding to actually put their ideas into action. This year, more than $900 million
0:48.0	was catalyed and we're sharing those ideas here on TED Talks Daily all week. So stick around
0:53.3	to hear them all.
0:56.6	Going home is a luxury that's not available to everyone.
1:02.7	I think top of mind for a lot of people right now is the situation in Ukraine.
1:08.1	Over four million people forced to flee not just their country, but their home, in six weeks.
1:16.7	And that's just one of the major human migration events happening right now.
1:21.4	They may no longer be making headlines,
1:24.2	but people are still trying to flee Syria, Afghanistan, Eritrea, and the list goes on.
1:32.4	People are forced to flee their homes for any number of reasons.
1:36.5	War, yes, of course, but also gender-based violence, politically sanctioned persecution,
1:42.9	and more and more due to climate change,
1:45.8	which estimates say could displace 150 million people in the coming years.
1:52.2	So if human migration is both inevitable and growing,
1:56.8	what are we as a global community doing to address it?
2:01.4	Typically, people attempting to seek safety in a country not their own
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