Refugees International
| Type | Non-profit NGO |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1979 by Sue Morton in Washington, DC. |
| Location | Washington, DC, New York City, and London |
| Key people | Dr. Michel Gabaudan, President |
| Area served | Afghanistan, Burma, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Kuwait, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan |
| Method | Media attention,advocating,research through missions to locations of displacement |
| Motto | Advocating for lifesaving assistance and protection for displaced people and promotes solutions to displacement crises. |
| Website | www.refugeesinternational.org |
Refugees International is a humanitarian organization supporting refugees (including internally displaced people) and stateless people. It publishes annual reports, as well as approximately twenty-five field reports throughout the year on refugee issues, as well as comments on international aid issues around the world.[1][2][3] Some current notable Board members include Queen Noor, John Danforth, Matt Dillon, Hadeel Ibrahim, and Sam Waterston. It is based in Washington, D.C. with offices also located in New York, and in the winter of 2011 an office will be opened in London.
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[edit] Priorities & Campaigns
According to its mission statement, "Refugees International advocates for lifesaving assistance and protection for displaced people and promotes solutions to displacement crises."
[edit] Refugees, Peacekeeping, Statelessness
According to its website, Refugees International was started in 1979 as a citizens’ movement to protect Indochinese refugees. Each year, Refugees International conducts 20 to 25 field missions to identify displaced people’s needs for basic services such as food, water, health care, housing, access to education and protection from harm. Based on their field-based knowledge of humanitarian emergencies, they successfully challenge policy makers and aid agencies to improve the lives of displaced people around the world and frequently defend the strategic benefits of a continuation of US funding for foreign aid most recently in the 2011 budget debates.[4][5]They currently focus their work on Iraq, South Sudan, Sudan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Libya, Burma, Haiti and Colombia.
[edit] Leverage
According to their website, "RI's advocacy generates increases in resources and policy changes by governments and UN agencies that improve conditions for refugees and displaced people. RI does not accept any government or UN funding. Rather, RI leverages donations from individuals, foundations and corporations."
In January 2010 RI announced that former U.S. Congress member Dan Glickman would be appointed in April as its new president, after serving as Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Glickman will succeed the late Kenneth Bacon, who became president in 2001 and led the organization until he died in August 2009.
[edit] References
- ^ "Refugees on a hiding to nothing in the Australian". www.theaustralian.com. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/refugees-on-a-hiding-to-nothing/story-e6frg6z6-1226053485778. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ^ "The plight of the refugees in The Economist". www.economist.com. http://www.economist.com/node/10137834. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ^ "NATO airstrikes, night raids blamed for Afghan IDP crisis –report". http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/nato-airstrikes-night-raids-blamed-for-afghan-idp-crisis-report. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ^ "Opinion piece by Refugee International President in Washington DC Newspaper the Hill". www.thehill.com. http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-a-budget/144791-refugees-international-alarmed-at-funding-cuts. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- ^ "http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/50506.html#ixzz1FXvjVZBn". www.politico.com. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/50506.html#ixzz1FXvjVZBn. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
