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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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Last week in Sudan I interviewed many survivors of violence by the UAE-backed RSF.
Harrowing stories. 12yo girl shot in front of her mother. Terrifying, systematic sexual violence. Massacres.
Nusseibeh must not be SG if she cannot first admit and condemn the UAE's complicity.
We are proud to announce that Third Country Deportation Watch—a joint project by @RefugeesIntl & @humanrights1st—is an @anthemawards Finalist!
🗳 Help us get to the finish line by casting your vote today. Voting closes on October 29! #AnthemAwards wbby.co/hucanp
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Spoke with @TheLeadCNN Jake Tapper about this last night:
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🚨 Refugees International's @EndGenocideDan will be briefing the @TLHumanRights 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:
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RI's Dan Sullivan, fresh back from Sudan, will be testifying as well - please watch.
I'm briefing the Lantos Human Rights Commission today about how transnational networks are fueling the conflict in Sudan at 2 PM EST. I'll show some new data not yet public. humanrightscommission.house.…
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Please join us for a virtual briefing on "One Year After the Fall of El-Fasher: How Transnational Networks Finance Crimes in Sudan" on Wednesday, October 21, at 2:00 p.m. EST.
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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.
@dyaa_alshamy and @NatashaHallDC detail 10 key challenges returnees face, and what can be done.
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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 @HarambeeOrg discusses the toll of the previous war on Tigrayans and the systematic sexual violence against women.
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Nearly a year after the "so-called" ceasefire in Gaza was announced, Palestinians are still being killed.
Kholoud Jwefil is an RI Refugee Fellow and a Palestinian from Gaza. We join her call for sustained humanitarian access and an end the genocide.
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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.
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NEW POLL with @RefugeesIntl and @RefugeeAdvcyLab:
Voters across party lines strongly support the U.S. having a refugee program, including 78% of Democrats, 66% of Independents, and 55% of Republicans.
Support rises to 90% among voters who know a refugee.
ALT Bar chart of polling data from Data for Progress. Title: More Than Two-Thirds of Voters Believe the U.S. Should Have a Refugee Program. Question: A refugee is a person forced to leave their country to escape war, violence, or persecution due to factors such as race, religion, or political opinion. Should the government have a refugee program that helps bring some people seeking refuge to safety in the U.S.? Results (should have / don't know / should not have): All likely voters: 67% / 10% / 23%. Democrats: 78% / 7% / 15%. Independents/third party: 66% / 10% / 24%. Republicans: 55% / 13% / 32%. Know a refugee: 90% / 1% / 9%. Don't know a refugee: 66% / 10% / 25%. September 18–20, 2026 survey of 1,194 U.S. likely voters.
Protection of healthcare is fundamental to IHL, but it has been under assault globally.
We asked Tirana Hassan, CEO of @MSF_USA, about the consequences of attacks on health care workers, and what must happen when laws are violated.
🎙️Full episode
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¿Qué significa quedarse sin nacionalidad? ¿Qué consecuencias tiene para quienes han sido privados de ella y qué respuestas existen desde España y la UE?
📅 Miércoles 21 de octubre
🕡 18:30
📍 Edificio TRIPLE (Calle Ferraz 56, Madrid)
Organizan: ACDD y Refugees International.
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El tercer panel de la VIII Cumbre Iberoamericana FIO-RINDHCA, 'Externalización del asilo y del control migratorio' fue un espacio para reflexionar sobre una práctica que cada vez tiene más presencia en las políticas migratorias: que los Estados trasladen sus funciones de protección de las personas migrantes y solicitantes de asilo a terceros países.
La protección internacional atraviesa una crisis sin precedentes marcada por la externalización como tendencia dominante de la gobernanza migratoria global.
¿Qué significa esto para quienes buscan un lugar seguro?
Sobre esto hablaron en el panel:
➡️ Hayat Omagh, solicitante de asilo.
➡️ Gehad Madi, Relator Especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos Humanos de los Migrantes.
➡️ Lorena Isla, Oficial Legal Principal para el Bureau de las Américas en el Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados (@ACNUR_es ).
➡️ Yael Schacher, Directora para las Américas y Europa de @RefugeesIntl.
➡️ Patricia Bárcena, Adjunta Segunda del Defensor del Pueblo de España (@DefensorPuebloE).
Moderó Yulia Babuzhina, de la Oficina Regional de América Central (@OACNUDH).
🧵👇🏽
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NEW: My @RefugeesIntl colleague Rachel Schmidtke has interviewed 3rd-country deportees sent to Costa Rica.
CR is perhaps the least-bad destination (e.g. it ain't a jail in Eswatini).
Yet even there - rights violations, isolation, and misery for the deportees. Shut this down.
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. We call on the Costa Rican government and IOM to take immediate action.
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Our latest - a live Forced From Home podcast episode from NY - exploring what the next UN Secretary General will inherit, and how they can begin to rebuild respect for international humanitarian law.
Please listen and subscribe!
🎙️New from our podcast, Forced From Home.
Will the UN's next Secretary-General defend IHL & restore faith in global cooperation? This episode, recorded on the margins of UNGA 2026 with Perry World House @Penn, explores that question and more.
Listen now.
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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. We call on the Costa Rican government and IOM to take immediate action.
refugeesinternational.org/re…
🎙️New from our podcast, Forced From Home.
Will the UN's next Secretary-General defend IHL & restore faith in global cooperation? This episode, recorded on the margins of UNGA 2026 with Perry World House @Penn, explores that question and more.
Listen now.
refugeesinternational.org/ac…
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