These actions leave the U.S. government without any meaningful operational or diplomatic tools to address displacement and humanitarian crises overseas.
Statement for the Record on Humanitarian Parole
The Trump administration’s mass termination of parole is inhumane and detrimental to U.S. interests, sowing chaos across U.S. communities.
Refugees International Welcomes Costa Rican Court’s Order to Release Migrants Expelled by the United States, Provide Services
The decision should serve as a warning to the Costa Rican government not to collaborate with the United States on deportation deals that will violate the human rights of migrants.
Jeremy Konyndyk Remarks at UN ECOSOC HAS Financing Session
What we choose to prioritize and what we choose to reimagine is a matter of life and death for the people that the humanitarian system serves.
SCOTUS Green Lights Trump Deportations to Danger
Refugees International is outraged by this decision, which undermines the rule of law, the rights of immigrants, and U.S. obligations under the Convention Against Torture.
U.S. Travel Ban Is Inhumane and Discriminatory
This new policy is cruel, inconsistent, and nonsensical – and that is indeed the point. This is not a policy that protects America, it is a policy of bigotry masked in legalese.
Refugees International Calls on Congress to Reject Rescissions Package
Statement from Refugees International President Jeremy Konyndyk: This package will have no meaningful impact on the federal deficit, but it will have a dramatically damaging impact on humanitarian crises around the world. We urge all members of Congress to preserve lifesaving programs and maintain U.S. humanitarian leadership by rejecting this reckless proposal.” For more information…
Refugees International Condemns SCOTUS Rulings That Strip Hundreds of Thousands of People of Humanitarian Status, Exposing Them to Detention and Deportation to Danger
The ruling strips them of their legal permission to live and work in the United States, exposing them to possible detention and deportation.
Refugees International Welcomes Syria Sanctions Relief, Creating Pathway for Syria’s Recovery
Refugees International welcomes the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s issuance of General License (GL) No. 25.
Policy Statement on Sudan | Dire Crisis in Sudan: A Global Call to Action
Sudan is already the world’s largest humanitarian and displacement crisis. Urgent action is needed to stop the atrocities and to reverse the effects of growing famine.