Refugees International

Refugees International

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Advocates for lifesaving assistance, human rights, and protection for displaced people. https://www.refugeesinternational.org/ Donate: https://give.refugeesinternational.org/a/defend-rights-and-refuge-worldwide-2

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🚨 ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT TO VOTE! 🚨 The Anthem Awards voting window closes on October 29 at 11:59 PM PT! Make your voice heard. Vote now for Third Country Deportation Watch, the definitive global resource for documenting the Trump administration's deportation deals. wbby.co/hucanp

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The Fund for responding to Loss and Damage has agreed to allocate $20 million for Nepal, a fraction of recovery needs. The Fund must create a permanent rapid-response system to reach community organizations at the frontline of current and future crises. ⬇️ www.fillthefund.org/post/frld-ne...

fillthefund.orgFRLD Responds to Nepal Floods: $20M Step vs $4.71B Need | Loss and DamageThe Loss and Damage Fund set aside $20M for Nepal's flood response. While a historic emergency step, it falls far short of Nepal's $4.71B recovery needs.
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🚨 Refugees International's @endgenocidedan.bsky.social will be briefing the @tlhumanrights.bsky.social about the role of transnational networks in fueling the conflict in #Sudan. Watch him live on October 21 at 2:00 pm EST. Register here: humanrightscommission.house.gov/events/heari...

humanrightscommission.house.govOne Year After the Fall of El-Fasher: How Transnational Networks Finance Crimes in SudanAnnouncementPlease join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a briefing examining the role of transnational networks in fueling the conflict in Sudan and enabling widespread civilian harm.

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Yael Schacher
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I am in Cap Haitien interviewing people deported from the United States. I have been doing this kind of work for almost a decade and it literally does not get more dire than this. People have lost everything they built in the U.S. and are terrified and have no place to go or way to live.

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Feroze Sidhwa
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Had a great discussion with @refugeesinternational.org and Meaza Gebremedhin about the situation in Tigray, Ethiopia generally, and our role in all of it.

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🎙️New from our podcast, Forced From Home. Renewed violence in Tigray has made headlines, but did the conflict ever end? Meaza Gebremedhin of the Harambee Collective discusses the toll of the previous war and the systematic sexual violence against women. www.refugeesinternational.org/actions/forc...

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As of June 2026, 1.7 million Syrians have returned to Syria. But pressure to leave host countries is growing faster than Syria’s capacity to receive people. Kinda Hawasli and Natasha Hall detail 10 key challenges returnees face, and what must be done. www.refugeesinternational.org/reports-brie...

refugeesinternational.orgTen Challenges to Syrian Refugee Returns - Refugees InternationalPressure on displaced Syrians to return to Syria is colliding with continued volatility and major obstacles.
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Instead of honoring our promise to refugees who were approved to resettle to the United States, the White House is slashing refugee admissions & using resettlement resources almost exclusively to benefit white South Africans. Urge Congress to fight back: rcusa.org/tell-congres...

rcusa.orgTell Congress: Under FY27 Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions, Fight for Refugees Most At Risk - Refugee Council USAFollowing last week’s Congressional consultations with senior Trump administration officials, the Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions (PD) for Fiscal Year 2027, signed September 25,…
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As aid shrinks globally, Zambia continues to pursue a model of integration for refugees. But key barriers remain. Our latest report from Mark Wood offers practical steps the Zambian government, UNHCR, and the World Bank can take to realize this vision. www.refugeesinternational.org/reports-brie...

refugeesinternational.orgUnlocking Zambia’s Potential as a Model for Refugee Integration in Southern Africa - Refugees InternationalZambia's National Refugee Policy can transform refugee resilience to dignified empowerment and self-reliance, if fully realized.
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460 people. 39 nationalities. Sent to a country they've never known. Our new report documents the stories of third country nationals forcibly transferred by the U.S. to Costa Rica and calls on the Costa Rican government and IOM to take immediate action. www.refugeesinternational.org/reports-brie...

refugeesinternational.orgLeft in Limbo: Emerging Challenges for Third Country Nationals Forcibly Transferred by the United States to Costa Rica - Refugees InternationalThe Costa Rican government and IOM must undertake concrete measures to protect the rights of individuals forcibly transferred to Costa Rica.
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At the 2023 Global Refugee Forum, only 10 govts pledged to include refugees & IDPs in direct climate adaptation programming. What has been achieved? Refugees International reviewed the pledges’ progress ahead of the 2027 deadline. Here's what we found: www.refugeesinternational.org/reports-brie...

refugeesinternational.orgBuilding Climate Resilience with Displaced Communities: Progress on Climate Adaptation from the 2023 Global Refugee Forum - Refugees InternationalThe 2023 GRF pledges are intended to be fulfilled by December 2027. Refugees International investigated what progress has been made.

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Yael Schacher
@yaelschacher.bsky.social

I was on 1A this morning on third country deportations. Points: They are cruel, coercive, unnecessary, undermine due process, undermine refugee & torture conventions, disconnect foreign policy from support for human rights and democracy, use tax dollars to separate families & send refugees to harm.

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Time is running out—aid cuts and a looming El Niño shock will push families closer to the brink. Refugees International calls on the Trump administration, Congress, & donors to restore humanitarian aid and fund anticipatory action for the October rains. www.refugeesinternational.org/statements-a...

refugeesinternational.orgJust Back from Somalia: Refugees International Warns of a Narrowing Window to Prevent Famine & Mortality - Refugees InternationalTrump’s sweeping aid cuts risk tipping Somalia into famine. The worst can still be prevented, but there is little time to act.
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“If Somalia tips into famine after U.S. aid cuts, this administration will not be able to claim it was unforeseeable. The warning signs are here, and the time to act is now.” @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social www.refugeesinternational.org/statements-a...

refugeesinternational.orgJust Back from Somalia: Refugees International Warns of a Narrowing Window to Prevent Famine & Mortality - Refugees InternationalTrump’s sweeping aid cuts risk tipping Somalia into famine. The worst can still be prevented, but there is little time to act.
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Pierre Damas Bel. A 20-year-old Haitian immigrant with ambitions of practicing medicine, playing soccer, & building a life for himself. When his TPS was stripped from him, the weight of his uncertain future was too much to bear. He tragically took his life on August 31st.

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When we say destructive policies put our communities at risk, this is what we mean. Pierre's death is an indictment of this administration's cruelty & inhumanity. We extend our condolences to his family, and stand in solidarity with all immigrants & refugees.

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August 25 marks Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day and the start of the Rohingya people’s tenth year in exile from Myanmar. We spoke with Umme and Jaitun, #Rohingya refugee women advocates living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Listen to their testimonies.

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"The international community keeps treating the symptoms without touching the underlying cause: our political exclusion within Myanmar." It's been 9 years since the #Rohingya genocide. Rohingya human rights activist Lucky Karim writes for @thediplomat.com thediplomat.com/2026/08/endi...

thediplomat.comEnding the Cycle of Flight for the Rohingya Requires a Political ReckoningThe international community keeps treating the symptoms without touching the underlying cause: our political exclusion within Myanmar.

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Yael Schacher
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Maybe don’t send people to a city overwhelmed by internally displaced people and who don’t have any place familiar or safe to go. The Trump administration doesn’t care. It will uproot pastors and home health aides and children born here and deport them. edition.cnn.com/2026/08/21/a...

edition.cnn.comIn the city where Haitian deportees are being sent, locals say they’re not ready | CNNThursday marked the first deportation flight to Haiti from the US since the revocation of Temporary Protected Status

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The pattern @almadavid.bsky.social, @humanrightsfirst.org & @refugeesinternational.org have documented with @aclu.org @immigrantjustice.bsky.social in one man's story. Roberto Mosquera. Held over a year in a maximum-security prison in Eswatini. No charge. No way out. Every defender should read this.

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New from NYT Magazine. Roberto Mosquera came to the U.S. from Cuba at 12 in the 1980 Mariel boatlift. He served his time for an old crime. Now he sits in a maximum-security prison in Eswatini, a country he had never heard of, with no charge and no way out. 🧵

nytimes.comHe Was Deported to Eswatini in Southern Africa. He May Never Go Free. (Gift Article)As the Trump administration sends a growing number of immigrants to countries they have no connection to, some find themselves imprisoned with no way out.