The Protection and Refugee Affairs unit, a component of the Humanitarian Policy and Practice Unit, works to improve and advance protection policies and practices in refugee and internally displaced persons (IDPs) settings and within broader migration movements, focusing on integrating policy and guidelines into operational aspects of humanitarian assistance; addressing the needs of the most vulnerable; and exploring new avenues for enhancing protection in the field.

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What's New?

World Refugee 2007

Iraq: The Facts on Displaced Persons and Refugees

Global IDP Project changes name to Internal Displacement Monitoring Center

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Get Involved!

 

International Rescue Committee: Help us help the persecuted and displaced, survivors of war and disaster, refugees struggling to start anew.

Refugees International: Ways to Help

The Long Road Home: What you, your community and your government can do to help refugees both here and abroad

US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants: Campaign to End Warehousing of Refugees

American Refugee Committee: Advocate for Refugees and Displaced Persons

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Protection and Refugee Affairs Issue Briefs:

African Refugees

Funding for Refugee Protection and Resettlement

Refugee Admissions to the United States

Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons

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Related Documents

Monday Developments: NGO Accountability (2.9MB| Adobe Acrobat (pdf))

Monday Developments: The Big Picture in Development Financing (4.6MB| Adobe Acrobat (pdf))

HIM Program - HQA Hayes Story (62.5KB| MS Word)

HIM Program - HQB Hostage Negotiation Procedures (36KB| MS Word)

HIM Program - HQB Security Protocols (47KB| MS Word)

 

 

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Learn about Refugees and IDPs