Refugees International

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[Refugees International @RefugeesIntl]

The UAE sponsors your favorite sports teams and games.

Meanwhile, it is directly fueling mass atrocities in #Sudan.

Don Cheadle explains why.
#SpeakOutonSudan #HandsoffSudan #UAE

[Jeremy Konyndyk @JeremyKonyndyk]

"It’s become clear that mass deportation comes with this type of violence—and maybe that’s by design."

This is key. ICE's pattern of violence and abuse - from abductions to detention practices to 3rd-country deportations - is designed to intimidate other immigrants into leaving.

[Stimson Center @StimsonCenter]

This Thursday: As South Sudan marks 15 years of independence, join the Partnership for Effective Peacekeeping for a discussion on the country's future, the UN's role, and the impact of the global funding crisis.

📅 July 16 | 9:30 a.m. ET

Register ⬇️

https://t.co/KE06Ny7AlU

[Refugees International @RefugeesIntl]

More than 1 million people have been displaced from #Lebanon in recent months, while repeated airstrikes, drone strikes, surveillance, and Israeli occupation have devastated civilian life.

Refugees International spoke with voices on the ground in Lebanon on the long-term ramifications of the conflict on the Lebanese people, and refugees in the region.

We heard from Jad El Dilati of @MinorityRights who discussed the current situation in Southern Lebanon. Watch his remarks and the full conversation on our website: https://t.co/KELYPspSaZ

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

In the midst of the wars in Gaza and Iran, we cannot forget the atrocities in Sudan.

As many as 150,000 killed since 2023
14 million driven from their homes
30 million need humanitarian aid

All of this is fueled by the UAE — one of Trump's closest allies.

We cannot be complicit in genocide.

[Jeremy Konyndyk @JeremyKonyndyk]

Perfectly put:

“what American, European and United Nations officials won’t say openly is that the power behind the R.S.F. is the United Arab Emirates…the Emirates is rich and influential, so it has become The Country That Must Not Be Named.”

[Refugees International @RefugeesIntl]

Refugees International and @wrcommission released a new joint report today, detailing the devastating impact of aid cuts on women-led organizations serving displaced women and girls.

Read our report:
https://t.co/zlnoP0gcFb

[Refugees International @RefugeesIntl]

If Maduro is gone, why is Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis still forcing people to flee?

Because the system that created the crisis remains in power. A new face at the top doesn’t mean it’s safe for millions of displaced Venezuelans to return.

Hear more from @AnaMariaDiez in the latest episode of our podcast Forced From Home.
https://t.co/8WdQzbqYFL

[Abdullahi Halakhe @QulshTM]

It is an open secret that the UAE funds RSF, which has been credibly accused of egregious human rights violations. Sen. Sanders is stating the obvious.

The United States has all the leverage to end the suffering in Sudan.

[Coalición por Venezuela @coalicionve]

Do not miss this conversation with our president @AnaMariaDiez and Mr. @JeremyKonyndyk, President of Refugees International

Is it safe to return to Venezuela? Listen to the podcast 🎙️

[Refugees International @RefugeesIntl]

🇸🇩Thank you @SenSanders for speaking out on Sudan and calling on the UAE to ends its military support for the RSF.

The RSF depends on the UAE to fuel its genocidal campaign. The United States can act now and ensure NO U.S. weapons reach the UAE until the war ends.

Call on your members of Congress to support the Stand Up for Sudan Act. ⬇️
https://t.co/gKm1lsm9tC

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

This is the year 2026. One might have hoped that, after thousands of years of war, humanity could have come up with a better way to resolve conflicts than killing and mass destruction. Unfortunately, that is not the case.  There is now more war and bloodshed raging across the world than at almost any point in decades.

In February 2022, Vladimir Putin, without provocation, invaded Ukraine. The result: hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians killed, millions displaced and a war that grinds on with no end in sight.

In October 2023, Hamas attacked Israel, killing 1,200 innocent people and taking 251 hostages. In response, Netanyahu and the Israeli military did not simply wage war against Hamas — they waged war against the entire population of Gaza. At least 73,000 Palestinians have been killed, the real toll almost certainly far higher, most of them women, children and the elderly. Virtually the entire physical infrastructure of Gaza has been destroyed. I agree with the major human rights organizations around the world who call this a genocide.

Four months ago, in collusion with Netanyahu, Trump took a page from Putin's playbook: he started a war with Iran without provocation. The result of this war (and the ensuing Israeli war against Lebanon): 13 U.S. service members dead, thousands of Iranian and Lebanese civilians killed and more than $100 billion in U.S. taxpayer dollars spent.

And in the midst of all of this — Ukraine, Gaza, Iran — there is another horrific war happening now that is getting relatively little attention: the civil war and genocide in Sudan.

Sudan's two rival military factions, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the country's national army, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group, have been at war since 2023. The RSF descends from the Janjaweed militias that carried out Sudan's first genocide in Darfur two decades ago, killing as many as 400,000 non-Arab civilians. Today, the RSF is trying to finish what it started. The State Department has formally determined that the RSF is committing genocide, again, murdering men and boys and systematically raping women and girls because of their ethnicity. Last October, the RSF laid siege to the city of El-Fasher; in just the first three days after it fell, an estimated 6,000 people were killed. Right now, the same horror is unfolding in the city of El-Obeid, where nearly half a million people are trapped.

Let’s be clear. Trump’s good friend and staunch U.S. ally, the United Arab Emirates dictatorship, run by one of the wealthiest families in the world — has financed and enabled this genocide for years. And why is this happening? Billions of dollars of looted gold from Sudan is flowing straight into the pockets of Emirati oligarchs – making a multibillionaire family even richer. This has been documented by the United Nations, independent journalists, and international human rights organizations.

Here is the scale of what this war has caused: at least 59,000 people confirmed killed since 2023, with credible estimates running as high as 150,000. Fourteen million people driven from their homes. Thirty million people, two–thirds of Sudan's population, in need of emergency humanitarian assistance just to survive.

U.S. foreign policy must be based on a respect for democracy and human rights. We cannot be complicit in the face of genocide, no matter where it is happening. Congress must demand that the UAE cease its military support for the RSF and work with the international community and the Sudanese people to bring an end to this horrific conflict and provide the humanitarian aid that is desperately needed there.

[Refugees International @RefugeesIntl]

Federal immigration enforcement has only continued to terrorize countless communities through the use of lethal force.

Refugees International stands with the Salgado and Paktiawel families and in solidarity with all immigrants and refugees being terrorized by the Trump administration’s state-sanctioned violence and racist agenda. We call for full and independent investigations into their deaths.

Full statement below.

https://t.co/k6emU9Nz7t

[Refugees International @RefugeesIntl]

On June 24, two devastating earthquakes struck #Venezuela, killing thousands and displacing countless more – driving the country into a deeper humanitarian crisis.

Many Venezuelan refugees are growing disillusioned; the U.S. tells them it is safe to return home even as it sits side-by-side with sanctioned leaders from the regime that they fled.

In our latest episode of Forced From Home, we speak with @AnaMariaDiez, a human rights lawyer and Venezuelan living in displacement, to learn more.
https://t.co/8WdQzbqYFL

[Brinda Adhikari @brindaadhikari]

🎙️On today's episode we hear from former USAID leaders Andrew Natsios who led USAID from 2001-2006 under GWB; and @JeremyKonyndyk currently w @RefugeesIntl who was at USAID under Obama and Biden.

🎥Jeremy: "The bitter irony of the DOGE experience is that if I could have come in w the ability to break crockery the way DOGE had, I could have done so much good. And the people who could have told me that were the people working inside USAID who had to wade through that shit every day. Instead we got blamed for it."

[Refugees International @RefugeesIntl]

Lebanon is facing one of the most severe displacement and humanitarian crises in its modern history.

Join us July 9 for a webinar highlighting perspectives from Lebanon on the long-term ramifications of the conflict and ongoing displacement.

https://t.co/ryWkRXoM1k

[Refugees International @RefugeesIntl]

🚨Buried in the FY2027 NDAA is a provision that would deepen military cooperation between the U.S. and Israel, with little public scrutiny.

Tell Congress: No hidden money for Israeli war crimes. Join the +1,200 people who have called on Congress to remove this provision.
https://t.co/OseolfncmO

[The Refugee Advocacy Lab @RefugeeAdvcyLab]

As we celebrate the freedoms promised by the American founding, we seek to offer those same freedoms to refugees in search of safety, liberty & prosperity.
Urge your state & local elected officials to sign onto the #FreedomToWelcome letter.
https://t.co/LNUYYpLGlK

[Refugees International @RefugeesIntl]

Lebanon is facing one of the most severe displacement and humanitarian crises in its modern history.

Join us July 9 for a webinar highlighting perspectives from Lebanon on the long-term ramifications of the conflict and ongoing displacement.

https://t.co/ryWkRXoM1k

[Refugees International @RefugeesIntl]

Uganda’s refugee policy is under tremendous strain following years of aid cuts and rising refugee arrivals.

In their latest report, @Ismail_Saxafi1, @QulshTM, @mark26wood share urgent recommendations on how this policy can realize its promise.

https://t.co/GKQ4tvGKLK

[Jeremy Konyndyk @JeremyKonyndyk]

Why does the supercar-owning, luxury-watch-collecting, wildly corrupt VP of Equatorial Guinea want Stephen Miller to come visit his country?

We answer that in our latest podcast episode.

Hint: it's all about shady deportation deals.

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