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The UAE sponsors your favorite sports teams and games.
Meanwhile, it is directly fueling mass atrocities in #Sudan.
Don Cheadle explains why.
#SpeakOutonSudan #HandsoffSudan #UAE
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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 their 2027 deadline. Here's what we found:
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👉 It took us six months to find that at least 25,447 people were deported from the US to countries where they had no ties, drawing from the work of organizations like @humanrights1st, @ICEFlightM and @RefugeesIntl
We identified deals with 35 countries, of which 29 have already received more than 105 deportation flights. At the heart of this system is an entity created in May 2025 within the Department of State, the Office of Remigration, which leads negotiations with foreign governments.
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+450 state & local elected leaders just sent a letter to the federal government calling for them to rebuild a strong & fair refugee admissions program.
It's clear: The American people overwhelmingly support welcoming refugees and our #FreedomToWelcome. freedomtowelcome.us/
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🔴🇺🇸 [#DeportationProject] Explore the Map Behind the US Third Country Deportation System
When people are deported, but not to their countries of origin... Where do they go?
Between January 2025 and August 31, 2026, at least 25,447 third country nationals were deported from the United States, according to data gathered and cross-checked by The Deportation Project based on research by @humanrights1st, @ICEFlightM and @RefugeesIntl
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🎉 Mark your calendar! Join us this October in NYC for our annual fall fundraiser.
Featuring an exclusive conversation with @NewYorker's Ishaan Tharoor, author and chef Hawa Hassan, and bestselling author Nadia Hashimi.
Get your tickets today: give.refugeesinternational.o…
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🎙️New from our podcast, Forced From Home.
The U.S. has cut off all aid to Somalia – and the effects have been devastating.
@JeremyKonyndyk and @QulshTM discuss what this means for famine risk and security in Somalia, and what global leaders must do.
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This man has been overseeing the war in Gaza.
When he promises to "finish the job" by expelling Palestinians, it makes explictly clear what "job" that war has actually been working toward.
Israel will ‘finish the job’ in Gaza and seek Palestinians’ migration — defense minister
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Back in January, I wrote for @RefugeesIntl about how new immigration policies put political exiles at risk of being deported back to the countries they fled—or to a third country.
Read here refugeesinternational.org/pe…
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'How can governments talk about return when Rohingya are still fleeing in the opposite direction?'
@tunkhin80 speaking to @RefugeesIntl on why Rohingya refugees cannot be returned to an ongoing genocide.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Rohingya
🎙️New from our podcast, Forced From Home.
This year marks 9 years since the Rohingya genocide. @JeremyKonyndyk speaks with @tunkhin80 on the need for accountability and international justice.
Listen to the full episode and subscribe:
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@JeremyKonyndyk & @QulshTM just returned from Somalia with a warning: Trump's aid cuts risk pushing the country into famine. 🧵
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The costs of this aid retreat also have security consequences.
“[The U.S.] is escalating its military campaign against al-Shabaab + ISIS-Somalia while cutting support that helps people survive. Humanitarian assistance + security go hand-in-hand.” @QulshTM
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ALT Konyndyk and Halakhe speak with aid workers and refugees at a UN compound in Garowe, Somalia. August 2026.
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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, and donors to restore humanitarian aid and fund anticipatory action for the October rains.
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🎙️New from our podcast, Forced From Home.
This year marks 9 years since the Rohingya genocide. @JeremyKonyndyk speaks with @tunkhin80 on the need for accountability and international justice.
Listen to the full episode and subscribe:
refugeesinternational.org/ac…
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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 and refugees.
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On Sept 3 at 7pm ET, the community will come together for a national prayer service in honor of Pierre.
Thank you @HaitianBridge, #OhioImmigrantAlliance, @IJPCcincinnati, and #VibrantOhio for ensuring Pierre’s story does not disappear from the headlines.
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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Desde el CDH-UCAB, junto a varias organizaciones civiles, rechazamos los anuncios de deportaciones masivas de población migrante venezolana en Colombia. Exigimos respeto estricto al debido proceso y al principio de no devolución.
📄 Comunicado aquí goo.su/VgEFr
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📖SEPTEMBER 17: Join @Afghan_American & @refugeesintl in Washington, DC for the launch of "The Last Free Women," an intimate account of the lives of four young Afghan women whose futures were upended after the fall of Kabul in August 2021.
RSVP today!
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📣Refugees International is coming to NYC this October!
Join us at our fall fundraiser, featuring an exclusive conversation with Ishaan Tharoor, Hawa Hassan, and Nadia Hashimi.
We can't wait to see you! Buy your tickets today ⬇️
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The Trump administration has signed dozens of secret deals with other governments to take deported immigrants who have no ties to those countries. The agreements are "trying to institutionalize this attack on refugee protection," says @YaelSchacher with @RefugeesIntl.
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