Somali Bantu woman with one of her children, at a JVA
interview in Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya.
Photo:
Erika Iverson
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Who We Serve
According to the 2007 World Refugee Survey, 2,932,000 people are refugees and asylum seekers in Africa. This number represents just over 20 percent of the world's total number of refugees and asylum seekers. Civil conflicts and regional wars have uprooted millions, forcing them to flee to countries of asylum.
The U.S. Government (Section 101(a)(42) of the INA, amended) defines a refugee as any person who is outside of his or her country of origin and is unwilling or unable to return to his or her home country due to a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.
JVA/Nairobi will provide processing services to refugees who meet this definition and are eligible under Priority 1, 2 or 3. JVA/Nairoibi also processes Visas 92/93 applications submitted on behalf of beneficiaries in Kenya wishing to join applicants who are already resettled in the United States.