🎙️New from our podcast, Forced From Home.
The Trump administration is making numerous shady agreements with foreign governments to forcibly deport thousands of people to countries where they have ..
The Trump administration has made numerous shady agreements with foreign governments to forcibly transfer thousands of people granted protection in U.S. courts to countries where they have no ties ...
🎙️New from our podcast, Forced From Home.
The United States has left more than 1,000 Afghans stranded in Qatar after promising them refuge. Now, the administration is reportedly considering sendin..
Thousands of Afghans who once supported the U.S. government were promised refuge in the United States after the Taliban took control of the capital, Kabul, in 2021. The Trump administration has bro...
We’re fighting for refugee rights, and we’re not backing down. But we can’t do this without you.
This year, we have a goal of raising $20,000 by June 20 in honor of World Refugee Day! We have $15...
Refugees International hosted our annual World Refugee Day townhall featuring our 2026 fellows – from Sudan, Syria, Uganda, and Nicaragua – who shared key updates on their latest research and advoc...
These next two weeks, NBA fans will be glued to their screens watching the Knicks and Spurs face off in the finals. But those won’t be the only brands on display.
The logo of the Emirates, the fl...
As the NBA Finals kick off, one of the most prominent brands on display will be the Emirates, the state-owned airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). But behind this partnership is a disturbing ...
There are still no functioning hospitals in Gaza and Israeli bombardment and blockage of aid continues.
Dr. Teresa Soldner, a general surgeon from Minnesota who specializes in trauma, recently re...
The ceasefire in Gaza is failing and the humanitarian situation there remains catastrophic.
Last week, leaders from Oxfam America, Refugees International, and Save the Children hosted a press brie...
Operation Metro Surge, the Trump administration's aggressive anti-immigrant operation across the Minneapolis–St. Paul region in Minnesota, brutalized members of the local community, including lawfu...
Kate Brick, Executive Director of The Refugee Advocacy Lab, reflects on cross sectoral support we're seeing for pro-refugee/immigrant solutions at the state and local level.
We are grateful for th...
Refugees International's video for consideration for the 2026 iF Social Impact Prize
“Some would like to define America as a nation that is made possible by the people that we keep out. I think you all know America is made possible by the people that we invite in.”
This year, we a...
🎙️Stream the third episode of our podcast, Forced from Home.
In this episode, we hear from Dr. Thaer Ahmad about his experience providing emergency medical care in Gaza, the consequences of the Is..
Despite a nominal ceasefire, life for people in Gaza remains grim, Israel continues to obstruct humanitarian and medical aid, and enormous needs persist.
At this year's Refugees Internation...
They still maintained this steadfastness in preserving the dignity of others.”
Dr. Thaer Ahmad, a Palestinian American emergency medicine physician, was our Richard C. Holbrooke Awardee this year ...
Our 2026 Advocacy Awards celebrated communities on the frontlines.
We honored Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey with the McCall-Pierpaoli Humanitarian Award and Dr. Thaer Ahmad with the Richard C. Holb...
As tensions rise and the risk of renewed war grows, women and girls in Tigray stand on the brink of yet another crisis. At the same time, sweeping cuts to humanitarian aid are choking off access to...
TW: Mentions of Sexual Assault
“To hear talk of a second round of war before the wounds of the first have even closed drags us back to the darkness we are trying so hard to leave behind.”
As tens...