New Arrivals in Iraqi Kurdistan Push Response to the Limit
The humanitarian situation in Iraq is once again deteriorating. The siege of Amirli, the humanitarian airdrops to Sinjar – with people so desperate to get out that they fled into Syria – and now...
View ArticleSyria's Children: Uprooted and Out of School
When Faud al-Shiekh Sanaa, a gaunt master teacher from Aleppo, made his way to Turkey with throngs of other refugees from Syria in July 2012, he immediately set about registering children for school....
View ArticleWe Promised to Help the Women of Congo. Did We Deliver?
Next week, I will be traveling on mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), along with several RI colleagues, where we will be undertaking an in-depth assessment of the challenges that...
View ArticleDying of Hunger in the DRC
Five months ago, I visited a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The people living there first arrived in 2012 and 2013, having fled from...
View ArticleThe Plea from Congolese Women: Please Don't Leave
This blog first appeared on The Hill Congress Blog.read more
View ArticleTwo Tragic Anniversaries for the Philippines
This month, the people of central Philippines are marking a sad anniversary. On November 8, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest typhoons ever to make landfall, drove a path of destruction...
View ArticleConflict in South Sudan Continues More Than One Year On
South Sudan is continuing to reel from internal conflict that ignited in the capital Juba a little more than a year ago and quickly spread throughout the country. On December 15th, 2013, fighting...
View ArticleSyrian Refugees and the Right to Education in Turkey
“When we talk to people in the camps and cities, inside Syria and in Turkey, they say it’s ok if we don’t have enough food or health care, but it’s not ok if we don’t have education for our children.”...
View ArticleNotes from the Turkish Border
A few days in southern Turkey, in cities which have received Syrian refugees, leaves a complex feeling of both achievements and failures. Turkey is currently the largest refugee hosting country in the...
View ArticleThey Told Me Not to Forget Darfur. Then I Did.
Twelve years ago, when I was a high school student living in a small New England town, I remember hearing about Darfur. I remember seeing news reports about the terrible conflict there, and about the...
View ArticleSudanese Refugees in Chad: Time for a Return to the Spotlight
The over 360,000 Sudanese refugees currently in Chad have been there for over a decade. They fled to Chad after violence in their towns and villages in Darfur. And that violence in Darfur...
View ArticleThe Crisis Continues for the Displaced in Central African Republic
Periodic violence, reprisal attacks, recent displacement – the town of Bambari, almost right in the middle of the Central African Republic (CAR), is emblematic of the continuing crisis in the country....
View Article“I am too old to go out and find work. What will happen to me?”
We are in the refugee camp of Touloum in eastern Chad and the sun is bright. The camp is surrounded by desert for miles in every direction. It is quiet in the camp as we walk through, except for a...
View ArticleA Generation of Syrians Born in Exile Risk a Future of Statelessness
Editor's Note: This blog by Sarnata Reynolds and Tori Duoos originally appeared on the website of the European Network on Statelessness.read more
View ArticleBurundi’s Ticking Time Bomb
On August 20, 2015, Pierre Nkurunziza took the oath of office for the third time as Burundi’s president. His inauguration followed one of the most explosive periods in this small Central African...
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