Refugees International

Surviving Alone: Improving Assistance to Colombia's Flood Victims 05/19/2011
Surviving Alone: Cover of the Report.Surviving Alone: improving assistance to Colombia's flood victimsWatch our video of two people from Manatí, Colombia affected by the floods.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Sobreviviendo Solos: Mejorando la Asistencia a las Víctimas de las Inundaciones en Colombia 05/19/2011
Sobreviviendo Solos: La tapa del reporte.Vea el video de nuestra visita a Manatí, Colombia.

RESUMEN EJECUTIVO

Durante el año pasado, lluvias persistentes y sin precedente dieron como resultado inundaciones masivas en Colombia las cuales han afectado cerca de tres millones de personas. En marzo de 2011 Refugees International (RI) envió un equipo
para evaluar la situación.
Without Citizenship: Statelessness, discrimination and repression in Kuwait 05/13/2011

Kuwait Without Citizenship: Kuwait: Without Citizenship report coverThis report by the Open Society Justice Initiative and Refugees International looks at the bidoon in Kuwait—a large population of stateless persons in the small emirate—as well as other citizenship-related issues. The report outlines the history of the bidoon issue in Kuwait and their current situation.
Confronting Climate Displacement: Learning from Pakistan's Floods 11/22/2010

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Renewing the Pledge: Re-Engaging the Guarantors to the Sudanese Comprehensive Peace Agreement 07/14/2010

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Last Line of Defense: How Peacekeepers Can Better Protect Civilians 02/24/2010

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Drawing on the Full Strength of America: Seeking Greater Civilian Capacity in U.S. Foreign Affairs 09/23/2009
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Greater Expectations: UN Peacekeeping & Civilian Protection 07/29/2009

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Nationality Rights for All: A Progress Report and Global Survey on Statelessness 03/11/2009

The world community is no longer silent about statelessness. In recent years, countries such as Bangladesh, Estonia, Mauritania, Nepal, and Sri Lanka have made significant strides to protect the rights of stateless persons. The response of the United Nations (UN) has improved. Non-governmental agencies, legal experts, affected individuals, and others are joining forces to gather more accurate information and reduce the incidence of this often overlooked global phenomenon. Media attention has increased.
Futures Denied: Statelessness Among Infants, Children, and Youth 10/22/2008
Executive Summary

Statelessness, or the lack of effective nationality, impacts the daily lives of some 11-12 million people around the world. Perhaps those who suffer most are stateless infants, children and youth. Though born and raised in their parents’ country of habitual residence, they lack formal recognition of their existence. A few key steps taken by individual countries and UN agencies can help reduce statelessness among infants and children and prevent millions of youth from growing up isolated from society. The goal of this report, which is dedicated to the promise and potential of all children, is increased recognition of every child’s right to a nationality and the actions that can be taken to give them a brighter future.
U.S. Civil Military Imbalance for Global Engagement: Lessons from the Operational Level in Africa 08/17/2008

Executive Summary

In his introduction to the 2002 National Security Strategy, President Bush said: “America is now threatened less by conquering states than we are by failing ones.” Failing states with weak state institutions struggle to deliver services to their population or to control corruption and are at risk of ongoing conflict. When these countries descend into civil war, massive flows of refugees and large-scale human displacement lead to further regional and global instability.
Afghanistan: Invest in People 07/10/2008

Millions of Afghans need help rebuilding their lives and country. The U.S. and other donor nations must allocate resources to tackle problems that are specific to vulnerable Afghans.
Uprooted and Unstable: Meeting Urgent Humanitarian Needs in Iraq 04/15/2008
Executive Summary
Ending Sexual Violence in Darfur: An Advocacy Agenda 12/03/2007

Executive Summary

Sexual violence defines the conflict in Darfur, but international efforts to prevent and respond to the issue have been insufficient. While this report critiques the international response, the primary obstacles to preventing rape and assisting survivors are the perpetrators and the Sudanese government officials who actively block the work of international agencies.
Striving for Better Days: Improving the Lives of Internally Displaced People in Colombia 11/28/2007

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Luchando para un Futuro Mejor: Mejorando las Condiciones de Vida de los Desplazados Internos en Colombia 11/28/2007
Resumen Ejecutivo
About Being Without: Stories of Stateless in Kuwait 10/11/2007

Introduction

In July Refugees International visited Kuwait to look into the plight of 90,000-130,000 bidun, Arabic for “without” and short for bidun jinsiya (without citizenship). Over the years, the bidun have been called by various names. Early on they were benignly called “awlaad al-badiya,” (children of the desert). At present, they are officially — and more ominously — designated as illegal residents.
The Bunong of Cambodia: Maintaining Identity in a Changing World 06/29/2007

The Bunong people of Cambodia are a people under siege. One of several hill tribe groups that inhabit the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam border highlands, the Bunong (also referred to as the Phnong) lead a precarious existence in their traditional forest homeland in the highlands of eastern Cambodia. Survivors of the wars that ravaged Southeast Asia in the 1970s, the Bunong today face new internal and outside forces that threaten their continued existence.
Laws Without Justice: An Assessment of Sudanese Laws Affecting Survivors of Rape 06/27/2007

Executive Summary

Mass rape, often perpetrated by members of the Sudanese armed forces and affiliated militias, is endemic in the Darfur region of Sudan. Government officials deny that rape is an integral part of violence in Darfur and assert that Sudan aggressively punishes rape. In fact, rape victims suffer from an almost complete lack of access to justice, and the Government is more likely to take action against those who report and document rape than those who commit it.
Iraq: The World's Fastest Growing Displacement Crisis 03/22/2007

Introduction

Four years after the U.S. launched its attack against Iraq, the civil war there has produced a humanitarian crisis marked by the world’s fastest growing refugee and internally displaced populations. But Iraq, Washington and the U.N. do not acknowledge the magnitude of the humanitarian crisis. This has led to an inadequate response, both within Iraq and in the region.

Refugees International (RI) advocates for lifesaving assistance and protection for displaced people and promotes solutions to displacement crises.
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