US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) Updates

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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...

The Syrian displacement crisis is one of the world’s largest refugee crises. The situation escalated during the Syrian Civil War (2011-2024), when millions were displaced internally and abroad due to...

Devastating cuts to food rations have affected more than 700,000 refugees in Kakuma and Dadaab and Kalobeyei Settlement. As of June, refugees are receiving just 28% of their full in-kind food ration.

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...

In the past five years, three countries in the Central Sahel—Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso—have undergone transformative political changes. All three countries are now led by military juntas. In...

Lessons from Colombia to Reckon with the Syrian Civil War What Came Before In March of 2011, the Syrian Civil War began. Bashar al-Assad’s government responded to anti-regime protests with a campaign...

By Alexia Gardner Before becoming a crown jewel of the conservation movement, most U.S. national parks were home to thriving Indigenous communities. The Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot...

Ecocide as a Call to Urgency: The Need to Address Climate Displacement In early September, Vanuatu, Fiji, and Samoa filed a formal request to recognize ecocide—purposeful and severe environmental...

In 2024, extreme weather events forced more than 800,000 people from their homes—the highest year on record. Climate-related environmental disasters are becoming only more common. Despite this...

Ecuador, wedged between Colombia and Peru, was once known as an island of peace in the Andes. In 2020, its homicide rate was 6.7 per 100,000 inhabitants, one of the lowest in the region. Today, drug...

Background The First Libyan Civil War and the Syrian Civil War were part of the broader Arab Spring uprisings that began in Tunisia in late 2010 and spread across the Middle East and North Africa...

50 Years After the Fall of Saigon: Refugee Stories From Vietnam On April 30, 1975, Saigon fell. In the years that followed, hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese fled the country. Families were...