Mission
Refugees International advocates for lifesaving assistance and protection for displaced people and promotes solutions to displacement crises.
Programs
As the leading advocacy organization on refugee crises, we successfully challenge policy makers and aid agencies to improve the lives of displaced people around the world and increase stability before conflict spreads. We decline government or UN funding, allowing our advocacy to be fearless and independent. Our field-based knowledge of humanitarian emergencies and expert recommendations are sought out by global leaders whose decisions bring immediate relief to refugees and solutions to large-scale crises.
Due to our efforts, refugees receive food, medicine and education; displaced people return home; peacekeepers protect the displaced from harm; and stateless people obtain legal status. For example, our campaign for Iraqi refugees led the U.S. State Department to increase assistance for this vulnerable population from $43 million in 2006 to $208 million in 2008, increasing the availability of food, clothing, and health services for millions of Iraqi refugees in the Middle East.
Currently, we focus our work on displaced people in Afghanistan, Burma, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Somalia and Sudan.
History
Refugees International was started in 1979 as a citizens' movement to protect Indochinese refugees. Since then we have expanded to become an effective advocacy organization that provokes action from leaders to resolve refugee crises worldwide.
Read more about our history on our website.
- Website
- www.refugeesinternational....
- Location
- 1705 "N" St Nw
Washington, DC 20036 - Basic Info
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Founded: 1979
EIN: 52-1224516
Tax Status: 501(c)(3)
Annual Budget: $3,519,170 
