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21 November 2009

Refugees International

RI provides a voice for refugees and internally displaced persons throughout the world. It generates lifesaving humanitarian assistance and protection for displaced people around the world and works to end the conditions that create displacement.

Primary web addresses
http://www.refugeesinternational.org
Main Address
1705 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Country
United States
Main Telephone
202-828-0110
Joined OneWorld
09.02.2004

Features
Thousands of families were hit by Cyclone Nargis.
06.05.2008 The United States should repeal restrictions on humanitarian assistance to Burma and help those affected by Cyclone Nargis, said an international refugee agency yesterday, higlighting the "tremendous need inside Burma."
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Related topics/regions: [United States] [Myanmar]
Image: Thousands of families were hit by Cyclone Nargis. © Refugees International
U.S. food aid to Darfur.
30.04.2008 Refugees account for over half of those that will need food aid this year due to increased food prices, writes an international refugee agency, noting that violent reactions to the crisis may also force more people to flee their homes.
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Related topics/regions: [United States] [Sudan] [Myanmar]
Image: U.S. food aid to Darfur. © Refugees International
Sixty percent of Mogadishu's population has been displaced by violence.
25.04.2008 A photoessay reveals the toll 17 years of conflict, political instability, droughts, floods, and an international community struggling to provide aid has taken on Somalia.
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Related topics/regions: [Somalia]
Image: Sixty percent of Mogadishu's population has been displaced by violence. © Refugees International