In March 2025, Kenya took a bold step toward transforming the future of refugees and host communities by launching the Shirika Plan—a groundbreaking initiative aimed at fostering the socioeconomic inclusion of refugees and shifting from a model of aid dependency to one rooted in long-term development. The Shirika Plan for Refugees and Host Communities marks […]
Category: Policy Briefs
At Risk Twice Over: Displacement and Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is experiencing one of the most complex intersections of displacement and human trafficking globally. Political upheaval, armed conflict, human rights abuses, economic instability, and environmental degradation have uprooted millions across the region. Many displaced people live without legal status or adequate protections, making them highly susceptible to exploitation and trafficking. According to the […]
Refugee Litigation – Where Things Stand
Litigation is ongoing, and this brief will not be updated to reflect future events and updates. The facts and events of this brief are current, as of 8:50 AM EDT on April 2, 2025. On January 20, 2025, the Administration put an indefinite pause on refugee admissions and processing through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program […]
Children in Migration Need Protection, Not Barriers
The international community once held a strong consensus that children are inherently entitled to protection, with the belief that their needs and rights should be prioritized above all else. No matter their country of origin, their religion, their identity, their legal or migratory status—they are children, first and foremost. This principle was enshrined in various […]
‘Justice for Our Daughters’: Murder and Disappearance of Women in Mexico
In 1993, the women of Ciudad Juárez started to disappear. Alma Chavira Farel was the first: at fourteen years old, she was found strangled to death. From there, the count of the missing and the dead rose. Bones surfaced in the desert expanse surrounding the city, fragments handed to mothers who wondered what happened to […]
Today’s Refugees: In Crisis Without Hope
Today, over 122 million people have been forced to flee their homes because of persecution, conflict, and violence. Of those, over 43 million people are refugees, individuals who have fled their country due to fear of persecution on account of political opinion, religion, race, nationality, or membership of a particular social group. More than half […]
The Other Side of the Door: The U.S. Suspension of Refugee Resettlement
The United States is slamming its door shut. On the other side are refugees. On January 20, the Administration announced an indefinite suspension of the United States Refugee Admissions Program. The Executive Order, Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program, will bring refugee resettlement to a halt on January 27, 2025. The action marks a […]
Decoding the Data Surrounding Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is a widespread public health issue that impacts regions, countries, communities, families, and individuals. While the public has become more aware of human trafficking over the past 25 years, the true magnitude of this crime remains unknown. Global estimates of individuals in human trafficking situations range from 27 to 50 million. The discrepancy […]
Ecocide as a Call to Urgency: The Need to Address Climate Displacement
Cover Photo: Michael Adams In early September, Vanuatu, Fiji, and Samoa filed a formal request to recognize ecocide—purposeful and severe environmental destruction—as a crime in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). If the request is approved, ecocide would be recognized as a gross violation of international law akin to war crimes and […]
Mpox Outbreak: How International Indifference Is Threatening Refugees
THE PROBLEM A new viral outbreak threatens the health and safety of 42 million forcibly displaced people in Africa. A new strain of mpox, a virus that caused a worldwide outbreak in 2022, currently threatens refugee and displaced populations in Africa, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is at the epicenter. In the […]
