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UAE's Dark Secret: Fueling Atrocities in Sudan
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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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Meanwhile, it is directly fueling mass atrocities in #Sudan.
Don Cheadle explains why.
#SpeakOutonSudan #HandsoffSudan #UAE
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As the #UAE fuels atrocities and genocide in #Sudan by directly funding the #RSF, organizations and institutions like the
@nba.com continue to polish the UAE’s image on the global stage.
@endgenocidedan.bsky.social shares more with BBC News.
🎙️Full interview: youtu.be/_6iNBIJbBcU
@nba.com continue to polish the UAE’s image on the global stage.
@endgenocidedan.bsky.social shares more with BBC News.
🎙️Full interview: youtu.be/_6iNBIJbBcU
December 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
As the #UAE fuels atrocities and genocide in #Sudan by directly funding the #RSF, organizations and institutions like the
@nba.com continue to polish the UAE’s image on the global stage.
@endgenocidedan.bsky.social shares more with BBC News.
🎙️Full interview: youtu.be/_6iNBIJbBcU
@nba.com continue to polish the UAE’s image on the global stage.
@endgenocidedan.bsky.social shares more with BBC News.
🎙️Full interview: youtu.be/_6iNBIJbBcU
📣 Happening now!
Join our End of Year Town Hall to learn more about our advocacy this past year, our priorities for 2026, and the many ways to get involved
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Join our End of Year Town Hall to learn more about our advocacy this past year, our priorities for 2026, and the many ways to get involved
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December 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
📣 Happening now!
Join our End of Year Town Hall to learn more about our advocacy this past year, our priorities for 2026, and the many ways to get involved
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Join our End of Year Town Hall to learn more about our advocacy this past year, our priorities for 2026, and the many ways to get involved
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RCUSA, elected leaders, & advocates are sounding the alarm: Collective punishment isn't public safety.
Read about today's news conference https://rcusa.org/news-and-media/refugee-council-usa-elected-leaders-and-advocates-condemn-collective-punishment-of-refugees-and-immigrants-following-dc-shooting/
Read about today's news conference https://rcusa.org/news-and-media/refugee-council-usa-elected-leaders-and-advocates-condemn-collective-punishment-of-refugees-and-immigrants-following-dc-shooting/
December 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
RCUSA, elected leaders, & advocates are sounding the alarm: Collective punishment isn't public safety.
Read about today's news conference https://rcusa.org/news-and-media/refugee-council-usa-elected-leaders-and-advocates-condemn-collective-punishment-of-refugees-and-immigrants-following-dc-shooting/
Read about today's news conference https://rcusa.org/news-and-media/refugee-council-usa-elected-leaders-and-advocates-condemn-collective-punishment-of-refugees-and-immigrants-following-dc-shooting/
Calling all humanitarians, advocates, & friends of RI: join us at our End of Year Town Hall!
As we close out the year, come reflect with us on the issues that shaped 2025, our priorities for 2026, and the ways YOU can get involved with our work. RSVP: give.refugeesinternational.org/a/refugees-i...
As we close out the year, come reflect with us on the issues that shaped 2025, our priorities for 2026, and the ways YOU can get involved with our work. RSVP: give.refugeesinternational.org/a/refugees-i...
December 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Calling all humanitarians, advocates, & friends of RI: join us at our End of Year Town Hall!
As we close out the year, come reflect with us on the issues that shaped 2025, our priorities for 2026, and the ways YOU can get involved with our work. RSVP: give.refugeesinternational.org/a/refugees-i...
As we close out the year, come reflect with us on the issues that shaped 2025, our priorities for 2026, and the ways YOU can get involved with our work. RSVP: give.refugeesinternational.org/a/refugees-i...
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🤝 #PartnerSpotlight: Sarah Miller, RSRI Steering Committee member and co-facilitator of the RSRI Climate Risks and Self-Reliance Technical Working Group, is a senior fellow with @refugeesinternational.org, where she helps manage the Labor Market Access initiative and leads engagement on IDP issues!
December 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🤝 #PartnerSpotlight: Sarah Miller, RSRI Steering Committee member and co-facilitator of the RSRI Climate Risks and Self-Reliance Technical Working Group, is a senior fellow with @refugeesinternational.org, where she helps manage the Labor Market Access initiative and leads engagement on IDP issues!
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“We’re all immigrants, in a way, since traveling has been part of our lives for centuries. Humans, like birds, move with the seasons to survive,” Qudrat Wasefi, a musician & #RefugeeStorytellersCollective member, tells @rollingstone.com.
Read his story now⬇️
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Read his story now⬇️
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
“We’re all immigrants, in a way, since traveling has been part of our lives for centuries. Humans, like birds, move with the seasons to survive,” Qudrat Wasefi, a musician & #RefugeeStorytellersCollective member, tells @rollingstone.com.
Read his story now⬇️
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Read his story now⬇️
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
A confluence of factors threatens to reignite the conflict in #Ethiopia and #Tigray and destabilize the wider region.
The Pretoria Agreement is the only path to peace. Sarah Miller and @qulshtm.bsky.social explain in their latest for @justsecurity.org
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The Pretoria Agreement is the only path to peace. Sarah Miller and @qulshtm.bsky.social explain in their latest for @justsecurity.org
www.refugeesinternational.org/just-securit...
Just Security: In Ethiopia, an Unfinished Peace Risks Betraying the People of Tigray and the Broader Region - Refugees International
A confluence of factors threatens to reignite the conflict in Ethiopia and Tigray, potentially destabilizing the entire region.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A confluence of factors threatens to reignite the conflict in #Ethiopia and #Tigray and destabilize the wider region.
The Pretoria Agreement is the only path to peace. Sarah Miller and @qulshtm.bsky.social explain in their latest for @justsecurity.org
www.refugeesinternational.org/just-securit...
The Pretoria Agreement is the only path to peace. Sarah Miller and @qulshtm.bsky.social explain in their latest for @justsecurity.org
www.refugeesinternational.org/just-securit...
🎉We are thrilled to announce ✨The Collective Table✨, a coalition of founders using food as a force for good!
This month, this group of 11 food brands is supporting us in our work of fighting for the rights and refuge of displaced people globally 🧵
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This month, this group of 11 food brands is supporting us in our work of fighting for the rights and refuge of displaced people globally 🧵
www.refugeesinternational.org/the-collecti...
The Collective Table - Refugees International
A coalition of founders using food as a force for good.
www.refugeesinternational.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
🎉We are thrilled to announce ✨The Collective Table✨, a coalition of founders using food as a force for good!
This month, this group of 11 food brands is supporting us in our work of fighting for the rights and refuge of displaced people globally 🧵
www.refugeesinternational.org/the-collecti...
This month, this group of 11 food brands is supporting us in our work of fighting for the rights and refuge of displaced people globally 🧵
www.refugeesinternational.org/the-collecti...
The U.S. administration is quietly using a maze of third-country transfer deals to whisk asylum seekers and other immigrants to places where they have no ties—and where many face serious danger.
👀 We're teaming up with @humanrightsfirst.org to pull back the curtain on these deals. 🧵
👀 We're teaming up with @humanrightsfirst.org to pull back the curtain on these deals. 🧵
December 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The U.S. administration is quietly using a maze of third-country transfer deals to whisk asylum seekers and other immigrants to places where they have no ties—and where many face serious danger.
👀 We're teaming up with @humanrightsfirst.org to pull back the curtain on these deals. 🧵
👀 We're teaming up with @humanrightsfirst.org to pull back the curtain on these deals. 🧵
"These inclusions recognize that people living in displacement face significant losses and damages from the impacts of climate change. They must be included in solutions." @jocelyngperry.bsky.social on her advocacy at #COP30 @climateconnections.bsky.social
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Millions have fled weather disasters, but they had few champions at COP30 » Yale Climate Connections
Advocates are working to ensure that world leaders don’t ignore people displaced by climate change.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"These inclusions recognize that people living in displacement face significant losses and damages from the impacts of climate change. They must be included in solutions." @jocelyngperry.bsky.social on her advocacy at #COP30 @climateconnections.bsky.social
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/12/mill...
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/12/mill...
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“It still remains a very opaque process, and this is why we're hoping..to bring some transparency to the process.” Hourie Tafech of @refugeesinternational.org speaks with @tammam.bsky.social about new public forums of potential UN refugee chief candidates. #RethinkingHumanitarianism
Rethinking Humanitarianism | Who wants to be the new UN refugee chief
On the podcast: The race to lead the UN refugee agency, how to make the selection more transparent, and what refugees want from a new UNHCR boss.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
“It still remains a very opaque process, and this is why we're hoping..to bring some transparency to the process.” Hourie Tafech of @refugeesinternational.org speaks with @tammam.bsky.social about new public forums of potential UN refugee chief candidates. #RethinkingHumanitarianism
🌐 R-Space is back in #Geneva this December — bolder and fully rooted in refugee leadership.
We're convening 27 refugee-led sessions that will push forward conversations ranging from protection to localization and more. If you’ll be in Geneva, explore the program and stop by: shorturl.at/79JlD
We're convening 27 refugee-led sessions that will push forward conversations ranging from protection to localization and more. If you’ll be in Geneva, explore the program and stop by: shorturl.at/79JlD
December 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🌐 R-Space is back in #Geneva this December — bolder and fully rooted in refugee leadership.
We're convening 27 refugee-led sessions that will push forward conversations ranging from protection to localization and more. If you’ll be in Geneva, explore the program and stop by: shorturl.at/79JlD
We're convening 27 refugee-led sessions that will push forward conversations ranging from protection to localization and more. If you’ll be in Geneva, explore the program and stop by: shorturl.at/79JlD
The USCIS plan to reinterview resettled refugees is part of the Trump administration’s unprecedented delegalization of people who arrived on humanitarian pathways and erodes the U.S. as a nation of refuge.
Full statement:
www.refugeesinternational.org/statements-a...
Full statement:
www.refugeesinternational.org/statements-a...
USCIS Plan to Re-interview Resettled Refugees is Vindictive, Harmful, Wasteful - Refugees International
This is part of the Trump administration’s unprecedented delegalization of people who arrived on humanitarian pathways.
www.refugeesinternational.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The USCIS plan to reinterview resettled refugees is part of the Trump administration’s unprecedented delegalization of people who arrived on humanitarian pathways and erodes the U.S. as a nation of refuge.
Full statement:
www.refugeesinternational.org/statements-a...
Full statement:
www.refugeesinternational.org/statements-a...
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RCUSA strongly condemns administration’s sweeping review of over 200,000 resettled refugees. Reopening these cases is a cruel exercise and wasteful of governmental resources.
Read more here: rcusa.org/news-and-med...
Read more here: rcusa.org/news-and-med...
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
RCUSA strongly condemns administration’s sweeping review of over 200,000 resettled refugees. Reopening these cases is a cruel exercise and wasteful of governmental resources.
Read more here: rcusa.org/news-and-med...
Read more here: rcusa.org/news-and-med...
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CHIRLA stands with immigrant families at the House Oversight & Government Reform Shadow Field Hearing, Due Process for All: Exposing Trump’s Mass Deportation Machine.
Our message is clear: No more raids. No more deaths. No one above the law.
#StopTheRaids #NoDeportations #DueProcessForAll
Our message is clear: No more raids. No more deaths. No one above the law.
#StopTheRaids #NoDeportations #DueProcessForAll
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
CHIRLA stands with immigrant families at the House Oversight & Government Reform Shadow Field Hearing, Due Process for All: Exposing Trump’s Mass Deportation Machine.
Our message is clear: No more raids. No more deaths. No one above the law.
#StopTheRaids #NoDeportations #DueProcessForAll
Our message is clear: No more raids. No more deaths. No one above the law.
#StopTheRaids #NoDeportations #DueProcessForAll
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RM @meeks.house.gov: Ending TPS for Burma, in the middle of the conflict there, endangers the lives of many Burmese, including human rights and democracy activists. It's cruel and will undermine the fight for democracy in Burma. The admin must reconsider this terrible decision.
November 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
RM @meeks.house.gov: Ending TPS for Burma, in the middle of the conflict there, endangers the lives of many Burmese, including human rights and democracy activists. It's cruel and will undermine the fight for democracy in Burma. The admin must reconsider this terrible decision.
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Kilmar case has been a series of mistakes by govt— in original removal order, in removal despite withholding— and now govt assigned his asylum case to “asylum free” zone of Atlanta and insists on Liberia over Costa Rica as country of removal. All for reasons Ensign conveniently can’t explain. JFC
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Kilmar case has been a series of mistakes by govt— in original removal order, in removal despite withholding— and now govt assigned his asylum case to “asylum free” zone of Atlanta and insists on Liberia over Costa Rica as country of removal. All for reasons Ensign conveniently can’t explain. JFC
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Orville Etoria, a Jamaican national who’d lived in New York for nearly 50 years, was shackled and put on an ICE flight to Eswatini. “It helped me imagine how the slaves might have felt, going to another land in shackles and chains,” he said. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/dLJ4SQ
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled. Sarah Stillman reports.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Orville Etoria, a Jamaican national who’d lived in New York for nearly 50 years, was shackled and put on an ICE flight to Eswatini. “It helped me imagine how the slaves might have felt, going to another land in shackles and chains,” he said. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/dLJ4SQ
IDP protection and response cannot be on the chopping block as the UN reshapes its work.
As the UN moves to a new structure, and as a new High Commissioner for Refugees will soon be selected, IDPs must remain a priority. Read more from Sarah Miller.
www.refugeesinternational.org/perspectives...
As the UN moves to a new structure, and as a new High Commissioner for Refugees will soon be selected, IDPs must remain a priority. Read more from Sarah Miller.
www.refugeesinternational.org/perspectives...
To the New High Commissioner: IDPs Must Remain a Global Priority - Refugees International
IDP protection and response cannot be on the chopping block as the UN reshapes its work.
www.refugeesinternational.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
IDP protection and response cannot be on the chopping block as the UN reshapes its work.
As the UN moves to a new structure, and as a new High Commissioner for Refugees will soon be selected, IDPs must remain a priority. Read more from Sarah Miller.
www.refugeesinternational.org/perspectives...
As the UN moves to a new structure, and as a new High Commissioner for Refugees will soon be selected, IDPs must remain a priority. Read more from Sarah Miller.
www.refugeesinternational.org/perspectives...
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Our polling with @dataforprogress.org shows the vast majority of Americans support resettling refugees. Then why are we closing our doors to them?
Kate Brick, Lab, & @sarahsheffer.bsky.social, @refugeesinternational.org, explore this & more in @deseret.com.web.brid.gy
www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
Kate Brick, Lab, & @sarahsheffer.bsky.social, @refugeesinternational.org, explore this & more in @deseret.com.web.brid.gy
www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: U.S. refugee policy doesn’t match American attitudes toward refugees
The vast majority of Americans support resettling refugees. So why are we closing our doors to them?
www.deseret.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Our polling with @dataforprogress.org shows the vast majority of Americans support resettling refugees. Then why are we closing our doors to them?
Kate Brick, Lab, & @sarahsheffer.bsky.social, @refugeesinternational.org, explore this & more in @deseret.com.web.brid.gy
www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
Kate Brick, Lab, & @sarahsheffer.bsky.social, @refugeesinternational.org, explore this & more in @deseret.com.web.brid.gy
www.deseret.com/opinion/2025...
🚨This morning, #Rohingya advocate and former Refugees International Fellow Lucky Karim will be testifying at the @houseforeign.bsky.social hearing, "No Exit Strategy: Burma's Endless Crisis and America's Limited Options"
📹Tune in: foreignaffairs.house.gov/committee-ac...
📹Tune in: foreignaffairs.house.gov/committee-ac...
No Exit Strategy: Burma's Endless Crisis and America's Limited Options
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November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🚨This morning, #Rohingya advocate and former Refugees International Fellow Lucky Karim will be testifying at the @houseforeign.bsky.social hearing, "No Exit Strategy: Burma's Endless Crisis and America's Limited Options"
📹Tune in: foreignaffairs.house.gov/committee-ac...
📹Tune in: foreignaffairs.house.gov/committee-ac...
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Take action now to keep our children across Ohio safe. It’s time to remind our elected leaders that letting educators do their jobs and keeping our families and communities whole is what will #ProtectOhioKids.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Take action now to keep our children across Ohio safe. It’s time to remind our elected leaders that letting educators do their jobs and keeping our families and communities whole is what will #ProtectOhioKids.
tinyurl.com/ProtectOhioK...
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Amidst dispiriting headlines, Refugees International continues to work tirelessly to build the better future we all know is possible.
Make a gift today to show your commitment to defending rights and refuge! give.refugeesinternational.org/a/defend-rig...
Make a gift today to show your commitment to defending rights and refuge! give.refugeesinternational.org/a/defend-rig...
November 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Amidst dispiriting headlines, Refugees International continues to work tirelessly to build the better future we all know is possible.
Make a gift today to show your commitment to defending rights and refuge! give.refugeesinternational.org/a/defend-rig...
Make a gift today to show your commitment to defending rights and refuge! give.refugeesinternational.org/a/defend-rig...
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This is a huge deal and so worrisome.
Americans overwhelmingly support access to asylum at ports of entry. This isn’t about illegal crossings. It’s whether someone can be turned away when they knock on the door.
Will SCOTUS just say it’s fine to turn people away?
cgrs.uclawsf.edu/en/news/scot...
Americans overwhelmingly support access to asylum at ports of entry. This isn’t about illegal crossings. It’s whether someone can be turned away when they knock on the door.
Will SCOTUS just say it’s fine to turn people away?
cgrs.uclawsf.edu/en/news/scot...
SCOTUS Grants Review of Ninth Circuit Decision Holding Turnbacks of Asylum Seekers Unlawful | Center for Gender and Refugee Studies
cgrs.uclawsf.edu
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 AM
This is a huge deal and so worrisome.
Americans overwhelmingly support access to asylum at ports of entry. This isn’t about illegal crossings. It’s whether someone can be turned away when they knock on the door.
Will SCOTUS just say it’s fine to turn people away?
cgrs.uclawsf.edu/en/news/scot...
Americans overwhelmingly support access to asylum at ports of entry. This isn’t about illegal crossings. It’s whether someone can be turned away when they knock on the door.
Will SCOTUS just say it’s fine to turn people away?
cgrs.uclawsf.edu/en/news/scot...
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BREAKING: We won a court order to block the unlawful National Guard deployment to Memphis.
Today’s ruling makes clear that no governor or president can deploy military force into our communities without legal authority, public accountability, or a genuine emergency.
www.nilc.org/press/tennes...
Today’s ruling makes clear that no governor or president can deploy military force into our communities without legal authority, public accountability, or a genuine emergency.
www.nilc.org/press/tennes...
Tennessee Court Blocks Unlawful National Guard Deployment in Memphis
A Tennessee court today ruled that Governor Bill Lee’s deployment of the National Guard to Memphis—initiated at President Trump’s request—was unlawful, reaffirming that state and federal leaders canno...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:43 AM
BREAKING: We won a court order to block the unlawful National Guard deployment to Memphis.
Today’s ruling makes clear that no governor or president can deploy military force into our communities without legal authority, public accountability, or a genuine emergency.
www.nilc.org/press/tennes...
Today’s ruling makes clear that no governor or president can deploy military force into our communities without legal authority, public accountability, or a genuine emergency.
www.nilc.org/press/tennes...