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A Dangerous Trend: Violating the Asylum Principle

By Lynn Yoshikawa Thu, 07/28/2011 - 16:08
Htun Kham, a Burmese refugee I met in Malaysia, told us he was arrested and sentenced to eight months in prison and two brutal cane lashes last year. He fell ill in the detention center but was denied medical assistance. Just after his release was secured by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), he suffered a massive brain hemorrhage, which he attributes to the stress and regular abuses he faced in detention.

This could very well be the fate of some of the 800 asylum seekers Australia is forcibly removing to Malaysia.
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Pakistan: One year after the floods

By Alice Thomas Tue, 07/26/2011 - 01:00

This post originally appeared on The Hill's Congress blog.

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RI's Web Roundup

By Larissa Dalton Tue, 07/12/2011 - 16:17

The Horn of Africa – Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Uganda – is experiencing the worst drought in 60 years, leaving millions of people to face starvation and overflowing refugee camps.

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Ecuador: Antidotes to Refugee Policies Gone Bad

By Andrea Lari Fri, 07/01/2011 - 13:14
For years, Colombians have crossed the border in Ecuador, fleeing violence and conflict in several parts of their country to seek protection and safety. Refugees International documented the spilling over of the Colombia conflict in the summer of 2009, but most recently the numbers are increasing alarmingly. Since January 2011, an average of 1,500 Colombians have fled into Ecuador every month.
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Afghanistan: An uncertain future

By Lynn Yoshikawa Tue, 06/28/2011 - 00:08
Listening to President Obama’s speech last week, I thought of the Afghan people my colleagues and I interviewed during our mission there last month. As the president was speaking, it was early morning in Afghanistan. Since so few have electricity – let alone a television – it is unlikely that many would have been watching the speech.
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DRC: Sexual Violence Facts and Fiction

By Melanie Teff Mon, 06/13/2011 - 17:14

It seems like every day a new study on sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) appears, each with a completely different picture of the situation and totally different statistics. Over the past two weeks my colleague, Peter Orr, and I have been in DRC interviewing people about protection of civilians and about sexual violence. The one thing that is totally clear is that no one has the full picture.

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RI's Web Roundup

By Larissa Dalton Tue, 06/07/2011 - 15:34

Some headlines you may have missed from Libya, Sudan, Afghanistan and Haiti -- this is this week on the Web:

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Herat: The human consequences

By Lynn Yoshikawa Fri, 05/27/2011 - 14:00
It’s my first time to Herat, a 2,500-year-old city in Afghanistan’s “wild west.” Compared to other Afghan cities, it certainly feels wealthier and is better organized with its tree-lined avenues and stoplights, which are actually respected by drivers and motorcyclists. Despite some semblance of order, criminality and the drug trade abounds and insecurity looms just outside the city limits.
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Kabul: Outside the Oases

By Dara McLeod Tue, 05/24/2011 - 12:15

This post originally appeared on The Hill's Congress blog.

I arrived in Afghanistan last week with my Refugees International colleagues to assess the needs of displaced people in this war-torn country. This is my first visit to Afghanistan, and it defies expectations.

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Abyei: Pawns in a Deadly Game

By Andrea Lari Mon, 05/23/2011 - 13:12
The town of Abyei is once again burning. Nearly six weeks before South Sudan becomes an independent nation, the Sudanese army has blatantly seized this town. In an all too familiar scene, civilians are again the victims of deadly power-grabbing.

I spent a few days in Abyei a couple of months ago. The purpose of the trip was to assess the difficulties encountered by southern Sudanese returning home after years of displacement in the north of the country.
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