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Moscow Regional Representative
The HIAS Representative in Moscow liaises with the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) providing training to refugee officers and working with the HIAS office in Washington to monitor migration processes. The HIAS Moscow Representative also liaises with Jewish community leaders throughout the region, advising HIAS headquarters on migration trends and human rights conditions affecting Jews as well as refugees and asylum seekers throughout the Former Soviet Union.

Moscow Cultural Orientation Program
This program provides refugees with essential information about post-interview procedures before their departure for the United States, the initial period of resettlement, and a multitude of cultural, organizational, financial and other issues they will encounter after arrival. The program serves Jewish and Evangelical Christian refugees from the FSU, as well as refugees from around the world referred for resettlement in the United States by UNHCR. This program holds daily classes in Russian for these refugees and schedules occasional sessions in Farsi, English, Arabic, and French for refugees from African and Asian countries. Since the program’s initiation in 1998, classes have been attended by more than 41,000 people from 27 countries.

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