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August 24, 2010 | Refugees Intern... | Tagged as: Sudan

by Agostine Ndung'u

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August 19, 2010 | Maureen Lynch
At the end of June, Refugees International’s Senior Advisor Dawn Calabia and I headed to the Fergana Valley, to southern Kyrgyzstan where from June 10 to 14, attacks by unknown assailants triggered violence between majority Kyrgyz and minority Uzbek communities, particularly in the urban centers of Osh, Jalal-Abad and Bazarkorgon. More than 300 people died, scores of others were injured, several thousand homes and businesses were burnt to the ground, and an estimated 400,000 people were displaced, about a quarter of who crossed into Uzbekistan as refugees but later returned. A crisis.
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August 18, 2010 | Alice Thomas | Tagged as: Climate Displacement, Pakistan, Asia
This blog was originally posted in The Hill's Congress Blog on Wednesday, August 18.

The devastating floods in Pakistan have claimed the lives of at least 1,500 people and rendered millions more homeless and displaced.  According to the United Nations, the deluge’s human toll, which has reportedly affected 14 million Pakistanis, is worse than the 2004 tsunami, the January earthquake in Haiti, and the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan combined.  The record-breaking floods – along with other recent unprecedented climate-related catastrophes such as the heat wave in Russia and torrential rains and subsequent mudslides in China – are in line with the predictions of climate scientists that global warming will cause an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events.
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August 18, 2010 | Refugees Intern... | Tagged as: About RI

Friends of Refugees International came together last Wednesday, in the beautiful beach-side setting of Nantucket. Around eighty people joined together that night, to learn more about refugee crises around the world, with a particular focus on the current situation in Sudan, and RIs advocacy efforts.

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August 16, 2010 | Matt Pennington | Tagged as: DR Congo, Unfiltered

When was the last time you heard someone refer to the “voiceless,” either in the context of their work, (e.g., “I am an advocate for the “voiceless”) or in reference to the plight of a specific group of people, likely in a developing country?

I remember hearing the “voiceless” narrative as a kid and thinking (if I’m being honest here) of African refugees, sitting in camps, waiting around silently and helplessly for someone to rescue them, without capacity to speak up for themselves.