In a letter addressed to Mexican President-Elect López Obrador and U.S. Vice President Pence, 19 former senior U.S. officials involved in national security, refugees and asylum, and Western hemispheric affairs urged the governments of Mexico and the United States to emphasize that the issue of migration from Central America is primarily a humanitarian issue.
Mexico and the United States Must Suspend Talks on Barring Asylum Seekers
Refugees International urges the governments of Mexico and the United States to suspend any discussion of an agreement that would force asylum seekers to remain in Mexico pending a determination of their U.S. asylum claims.
Civil Society Can Move Forward on Statelessness in the United States
Eric Schwartz outlines an actionable advocacy campaign that civil society can undertake to move forward on the issue of statelessness in the context of an administration that is unlikely to make progress on the issue and in fact risks exacerbating statelessness in the United States.
RI Statement on Proposed Administration Rule and Anticipated Presidential Proclamation on Asylum
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security memorandum on limiting access to asylum is appalling, and Refugees International is deeply alarmed about any presidential proclamation that would bar access to asylum to those entering the United States between U.S. ports of entry.
RI Response to President Trump’s Remarks on Immigration
The efforts of individuals to seek asylum in the United States represent a policy challenge but not a national security crisis. The president has willfully and cynically vilified an asylum seeker population composed of vulnerable children, women, and men.
RI Joins U.S. Humanitarian and Development Organizations in Denouncing Discrimination and Intolerance
As American faith-based and secular organizations working to end poverty, hunger, disease, and injustice in every part of the world, we unequivocally condemn the recent horrendous attack at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.
Refugees International Memorandum to the President on Migrant Caravan
Refugees International wrote a memorandum to President Trump, urging a new approach toward Central American asylum seekers.
Vice President’s Conference on Central America and Administration’s Failure to Address Life and Death Protection Issues
In the context of a conference addressing security, it is appalling that the Administration’s public statements about the conference have not specifically addressed the critical need to protect the lives of women, men, and children being returned to Central America.
At UNGA, as President Trump Goes it Alone, the World Moves On
Members of the global community – including governments, civil society, and the private sector – are moving forward to tackle the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges, with or without U.S. government leadership.
At UNGA, President Trump Fails to Demonstrate U.S. Leadership on Global Humanitarian Assistance
Refugees International is deeply disappointed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s failure to credibly demonstrate U.S. leadership of global humanitarian assistance in his speech to the UN General Assembly.