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Belarusian Refugee Support (BRS) is a volunteer initiative that brings together people ready to support Belarusians going through immigration procedures in the United States. We help you understand your situation, build and strengthen your case, and avoid facing the system alone.

Our team

  • Hleb Ivashkevich

    Hleb Ivashkevich

    Founder & Director

  • Dzmitry Nebiadukhin

    Dzmitry Nebiadukhin

    Development & Special Projects

  • Katsiaryna Bacharova

    Katsiaryna Bacharova

    Research Coordinator

  • Maria Zgirovskaya

    Maria Zgirovskaya

    Psychological Support Coordinator

  • Tatsiana Koktysh

    Tatsiana Koktysh

    Psychological Counselor

  • Dmitry Savchenko

    Dmitry Savchenko

    IT & Digital Operations

What makes BRS strong is the combination of three levels: personal expertise (legal guidance, verification, casework), an office (administrative and procedural resources), and the United Transitional Cabinet (the diplomatic dimension and political context). This lets us approach each case from multiple angles, using tools unavailable to any single organization.

BRS is my initiative. I started it because I kept seeing the same thing: a person who left because of persecution ends up alone with the US immigration system — without understanding the procedures and without support.
Hleb Ivashkevich member of AVA, delegate of the Coordination Council of the 4th convocation
Rally in solidarity with Belarus, San Francisco
Rally in solidarity with Belarus, San Francisco

How we help

If you are free and want to strengthen your case

If you haven't been detained but feel your case needs reinforcement, you've come to the right place. We help you build your argumentation legally and professionally — long before the situation becomes critical.

  1. 01 You fill out the form
  2. 02 We contact you and clarify the details
  3. 03 We complete verification
  4. 04 Together we work on obtaining the missing components of your case

This help is free — if you wish, you can support the initiative with a donation.

Request help with your case (opens in a new tab)

Urgent

If you are detained

This is the most acute situation — speed and accuracy of response matter most here. In addition to all the casework, we help family members and the attorney quickly gather the necessary documents and understand the next steps.

If you or someone close to you has been detained, let us know through the form and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Report a detention (opens in a new tab)