Refugees International
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1979

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Refugees International generates lifesaving humanitarian assistance and works to end the conditions that create displacement around the world.

Our advocacy efforts are based on timely, field-based assessment missions to regions that are facing humanitarian crises. We directly observe and interview displaced persons, and bring practical and effective solutions to decision-makers at the United Nations, the United States government and administration, European governments and other international... (read more)
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Justo wrote at 7:52am on May 10th, 2008

I would love to share with you some of my photographs taken in Africa, many of them in different refugee camps in Kenya, Liberia and Guinea.

http://www.casalpix.com/gallery

You can also check my web site where I have material related to human rights issues. I would recommend you to see the trailer of a female genital mutilation I did in Kenya, THE CUT. This is a problem affecting millions of Africans, including refugees all over the world.

http://www.casalpix.com/?p=27

Best regards,

Justo Casal
Mary wrote at 11:59am on May 3rd, 2008
what can we do to get involved?
Jessica wrote at 7:33am on May 2nd, 2008
Thanks for telling me about this page Jacob!
Refugees International wrote at 10:50am on April 15th, 2008
Watch Kristele Younes' interview with NBC Nightly News on Refugees International's new report on internally displaced people in Iraq, "Uprooted and Unstable":

http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-US&brand=&vid=f773210a-e6bf-456f-8110-7921c570248c
Chloe wrote at 10:44am on April 15th, 2008
thank you for your work on highlighting the somali crisis, especially to the us government. your efforts are needed.

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The arrival in Burma of one U.S. cargo plane carrying relief supplies and an American admiral is good news for survivors of the May 2nd cyclone and great PR for the U.S., but it shouldn’t obscure the totally inadequate world response to a humanitarian disaster.
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Later this week Refugees International will honor Mia and Ronan Farrow for their successful efforts to increase pressure on Sudan to end the killing in Darfur. The mother-son team has written scores ...
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Imagine living in a country all your life and believing you are a citizen of that country. Then, when going to renew some documents, you are informed that your birth certificate and identity document were ...
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This past week, Foreign Policy Passport and U.N. Dispatch teamed up to host an online salon discussing the future of peacekeeping in light of current crises: UN Peacekeeping: Challenges and Opportunities for the Next Administration.
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Everywhere I go, whether to church or to cocktail parties, people are talking about the global food crisis. It’s about time. While food prices have been rising for more than a year, it is only ...

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