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Priority Policy Recommendations
DR Congo
Les bailleurs de fonds, dont les Etats-Unis, doivent apporter un soutien politique et financier aux stratégies de retour proposées par le HCR et le gouvernement congolais.
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DR Congo
The U.S. and other donors should financially and politically support the return strategies put forward by UNHCR and the Congolese government. 
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DR Congo
International donors, including the U.S., must allocate increased resources to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of internally displaced people and refugees from Equateur province.
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Sudan
The U.S. and other donors should fund local government and community consultations on contingency plans to feed into the UN’s process. Community early warning and self-protection networks should also receive political and financial support.
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Sudan
The U.S. and other donors should increase support for reintegration of returnees, especially for basic services and livelihoods, and must support returnee tracking and monitoring. Equal attention should be paid to IDP returnees as refugee returnees.
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Sudan
The U.S. and other donors should expand funding for gender-based violence (GBV) and reproductive health programming, including increased support for service provision and UNFPA coordination, especially in the transitional areas.
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Iraq
The U.S. should continue to fund current and future UN appeals at no less than 50% and seek to dramatically increase its support for community development programs.
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Pakistan
The U.S. should provide $60 million in funding over five years to the RAHA project.
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Colombia
International donors should support Ecuadorian refugee policy reform, especially the Enhanced Registration Process.
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Iraq
The U.S. should fund at least 50% of current and future UN appeals to address the needs of vulnerable Iraqis and continue bi-lateral aid and development programs.
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Letters and Testimonies
Press Release
07/28/2010
Refugees International Applauds Congress on Passing Bill That Gives New Funding to Refugees
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Advocacy Letter
06/02/2010
Letter to President Obama: USAID Appointments Essential to U.S. Foreign Aid Work
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Congressional Testimony
05/19/2010
Testimony Before the Judiciary Committee on the Refugee Protection Act of 2010
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Press Release
05/19/2010
Refugees International President Dan Glickman Calls on U.S. to Improve Treatment of Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Stateless Individuals
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Successes
  • Burma
    In 2008, the U.S. provided $50 million in assistance after Cyclone Nargis struck the Irrawaddy Delta -- killing 140,000 and affecting 2.4 million others. This was a tremendous increase over the U.S. government’s previous $3 million budget for aid to Burmese people inside the country. Refugees International slowly began to change the U.S. government’s stance against funding humanitarian aid programs inside Burma after two years of being one of the few organizations calling for increased assistance.