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A Refugee Program in Name Only

South Africa, highlighted, is expected to account for nearly all U.S. refugee admissions in fiscal year 2027.

Last year, Afrikaners were the exception to a paused refugee program. This year, they may become the entire program.

On Oc...

7 days ago
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Built to Protect Refugees, PRM Now Negotiates Deportations

Credit - Mélody da Fonseca, Forbidden Stories

SUMMARY: The State Department bureau that once helped refugees reach safety now pays foreign governments to take people deported from the United States. The administration has pledged at...

19 days ago
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25 Years Since the UN World Conference Against Racism

The World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerances, 2001, Durban, South Africa, UN Photo/Evan Schneider

On September 2, 2026, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations released a...

23 days ago
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Localization: Part I

A woman speaks to the Nigerian Red Cross divisional secretary, IFRC/Corrie Butler

The international humanitarian system is at a major inflection point. UN Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher has laun...

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Sergio, the “Lifer”

Sérgio Vieira de Mello. Photo: Wilson Dias/Agência Brasil, CC BY 3.0 BR, via Wikimedia Commons

World Humanitarian Day falls on August 19 for a reason: it marks the day in 2003 that Sérgio Vieira de Mello was killed in the bombing of...

2 months ago
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    We're a group of former USAID folks, here to fight the good fight for aid and our democracy. 'Cause, turns out, no one wants Ebola or a King.

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    Documentary filmmaker, photographer, and co-founder of HOME Storytellers. My work grows from We Name Ourselves and the Poetry for Survival Kit, exploring how poetry and storytelling help us process, reclaim voice, and connect.

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    self published amateur music critic | interning editor + contributor for the refugee bureau

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    Writing The Refugee Bureau — a history of the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM). Policy analyst, former Foreign Affairs Officer, RPCV Jordan.

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    Retired Humanitarian from State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM). Known for linking policy + budget, multilateralism, and training and opportunities for staff.

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    Former diplomat still involved in world affairs

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