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Where We Worked ...................ifc

Our Mission ..............................1

Letter to our Supporters .......... 2

Regional Programs ................... 4

Thematic Programs .................10

In Memoriam .......................... 17

Education & Outreach ........... 18

Invest in RI ............................. 20

Donors .............................. Insert

Cover Photo: A Southern Sudanese woman in Khartoum stands near a truck loaded with belongings preparing to leave for the South before the independence referendum. Credit: Reuters/Zohra Bensemra

Refugees International is the leading

advocacy organization on refugee crises

around the world. RI saves lives by

compelling the world’s leaders to provide

clean water, food, health care and other

basic assistance and protection to people

uprooted by conflict. Our success is based

on a simple formula: we witness refugees’

needs, we promote solutions to decision

makers and we demand action.

refugees international advocates for lifesaving assistance and protection for displaced people and promotes solutions to displacement crises.

Photos (from top to bottom): Senior Advocate Elizabeth Campbell meets with a displaced family in Iraq. | Board Members Michael Hawkins and Jeffrey Krilla visit Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. | Senior Peacekeeping Advocate Erin Weir talks to people displaced by violence in eastern Congo. | Climate Displacement Program Manager Alice Thomas discusses ways to help those uprooted by flooding in Pakistan.

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Eileen Shields-West Chair

Michel Gabaudan President

Dear Supporters,

For more than thirty years, Refugees International has charted a bold course that brings resources and attention to the world’s most marginalized people. We are proud to have taken over the helm as RI’s new President and Chair of the Board of Directors.

In 2010, RI continued to make its mark by traveling to the world’s most forgotten corners, witnessing the struggles faced by refugees and inter-nally displaced people and returning to the world’s corridors of power to demand action.

By the end of the year, aid workers in South Sudan had credited Refugees International for spurring agencies to prepare for new violence and displacement around the region’s January 2011 referendum for indepen-dence. In Haiti, we highlighted how aid agencies were struggling to assist people devastated by the massive earthquake and our work encouraged the UN to restructure the leadership of the relief operation. And in Iraq, our efforts to increase U.S. and UN funding led to improved conditions for people still living in squalid conditions eight years after the war began.

Refugees International is committed to this course. Over time, we have matured from an organization that largely sounded the alarm on the latest refugee crisis into one that advocates for long-term solutions. As conflicts become more complex and people remain uprooted from their homes for far longer, we must look deeper, improve our focus, and think even more strategically about the changes that are necessary to save and protect people’s lives.

Refugees International raised $4 million for our lifesaving advocacy in 2010 and we are dedicated to using every dollar efficiently. We pride ourselves on this and also on the fact that Charity Navigator has given RI its highest possible 4-star rating for four years in a row—an honor reserved for the top eight percent of U.S. charities.

We will continue to use our precious resources to ensure that displaced people receive the protection and assistance they need to survive until they are able to return home and rebuild their lives.

RI’s journey is always challenging but also rewarding. With our talented staff and passionate supporters by our side, we look forward to the road ahead.

Sincerely,

“Refugees International is a pioneer in advocacy on new trends of displacement.”

– António Guterres , United Nations High Commiss ioner for Refugees

“As a senator, people come in all day asking for themselves and their families and maybe their immediate communities, but rarely, if ever, do they come in and argue for these faceless 41.6 million refugees today around the world. That’s RI and that is what’s done.”

– Senator Wil l iam H. Fris t , M.D.

“Refugees International ’s researchers and advocates are respected. They are listened to by both Republicans and Democrats in Congress and officials in the State Department, in the United Nations and foreign governments. We depend on the information they give us.”

– Senator Patr ick Leahy

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Two Sudanese refugees who returned to southern Sudan after living in Ethiopia pump water in a town in Southern Kordofan.

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Above: Children whose families have recently returned home sit under a tree in Abyei.

As southern Sudan planned for a referendum on independence in January 2011, Refugees International (RI) pushed the U.S. govern-ment and international agencies to prepare to respond to violence and displacement. RI traveled to Sudan four times and initially found that many officials were reluctant to plan for potential outbreaks of conflict, as they believed that discussing these risks was too controversial.

RI president Michel Gabaudan testified in Congress to urge coherent contingency plans for potential violence. RI staff also met with State Department officials, members of the UN Security Council, and the U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan. In the fall, some 150,000 people

returned from the North to participate in the referendum, but many were stranded in make-shift camps and unable to make it home. Because contingency plans were eventually put in place, agencies had pre-positioned supplies and could assist these people.

RI was also the first organization to publicly highlight that southerners in the North and northerners in the South feared losing their citizenship after the referendum. These minority groups were especially vulnerable to violence and RI recommended that the governments of both the North and South publicly guarantee the safety of all Sudanese citizens after the referendum.

o u r r e s u lt s➤AidworkerscreditedRI’sworkfor

helpingspurcontingencyplanning.Asaresult,whenhundredsofthousandsofSudanesereturnedtotheSouth,aidagencieswerereadytoprovidefood,medicineandotherbasicneeds,whichlimitedthespreadofdiseaseandothersuffering.

➤ UNHCRshiftedmillionsmoredollarstohelpreturneesreintegrateintotheircommunities.

➤ PresidentObamaandtopUNofficialspubliclycalledforprotectionofminoritygroupsafterthereferendum.

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h a i t iIn January, a massive earthquake struck Haiti, killing scores of people and displacing 1.2 million more. Refugees International traveled to Haiti twice and found that people were still in desperate need for food, water and shelter nine months later. Women and children were also vulnerable to abuse and attack.

RI attracted considerable media attention to the poor humanitarian response. Our reports, letters, panel briefings and one-on-one meet-ings successfully shaped the global debate over the leadership of aid programs after disasters. When the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator assessed challenges in Haiti, she raised many of our concerns. As a result, UN agencies restructured their efforts and shifted resources to better assist and protect people.

o u r r e s u lt s➤TheUNRefugeeAgency(UNHCR)more

thantripleditsstaffinginHaititobetterprotecttherightsoftheearthquake’svulnerablesurvivorsandwasgivenagreaterroleinprotectionactivitiesinfuturedisasters.

➤ TheUNpeacekeepingmissionincreasedpatrolsinthecamps,doubledthenumberofpoliceofficers,andincreasedtranslatorssothatUNpolicecouldbettercommunicatewithHaitians.

➤ TheWorldFoodProgramprovidedassistancetosome60,000Haitianswhohadbeenneglectedinruralareas.

Children jump rope in a rubble-strewn street in Port-au-Prince months after the devastating earthquake.

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i r a qSeven years after the Iraq war began, some 500,000 displaced Iraqis still live in squatter slums amidst garbage dumps, stagnant water and without electricity. Refugees International continued to travel throughout Iraq to meet with displaced people and call for increased support to vulnerable Iraqis and Palestinian refugees forced to flee Iraq.

RI organized an event on Capitol Hill with Her Majesty Queen Noor, Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Antonio Guterres, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, where we showed our film footage from the sprawling squatter settle-ments. RI also testified before the U.S. Helsinki Commission in July. These and other activities increased U.S. and UN resources for displaced Iraqis.

o u r r e s u lt s➤ U.S.fundinghelpedtensofthousands

ofIraqisreturntovillagesinDiyalaprovince.ThissuccessfulUN-wideandU.S.-backedprojecthelpedpeopleaccessstarterhomes,education,livestockandtoolsforfarming.

➤ U.S.fundinghelpedagenciesprotectrefugees’rightsinJordanandSyriaandsupportedtheresettlementof18,000Iraqirefugees.

➤UNHCRincreaseditsresourcestoimprovelivingconditionsfordisplaced

Iraqislivinginsquatterslums.

➤ ExtremelyvulnerablePalestinianrefu-geesinIraq,Syriaandthe“no-man’sland”betweenthetwocountrieswerefinallyresettledintothirdcountries.

Above: An elderly displaced woman drinks tea in one of Iraq’s many squatter settlements in Baghdad.

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p a k i s t a nAs the Pakistan Army continued to fight the Taliban, RI assessed the needs of more than one million people internally displaced from violence. We published a groundbreaking report and op-ed which warned that Pakistani military units were involved in gross human rights abuses.

RI urged full implementation of the “Leahy Law”—which prohibits U.S. assistance to abusive military units—and met with officials from Senator Leahy’s office, the National Security Council, Ambassador Holbrooke’s staff and others. RI also organized a key round-table with representatives from the Obama Administration and the U.S. Congress to explore how the U.S. can work with the Government of Pakistan to improve services for displaced Pakistanis.

In July, Pakistan experienced the worst flooding in its history. Read more about our work on the floods, which displaced millions, on p. 12.

o u r r e s u lt s➤TheObamaadministrationannounced

thatitwouldcutofffunding,trainingandequipmenttoPakistaniarmyunitsthathavecommittedgrosshumanrightsviolations.

➤ TheU.S.CongressfundedprogramstoprotecthumanrightsandrequiredtheSecretaryofStatetoreportonthereductionofmilitaryabusesandthemilitary’sroleinstoppingaidagenciesfromassistingsomedisplacedpopulations.

Two men in Swat Valley, Pakistan, look out at the devastation caused by massive flooding.

d r c o n g oNearly two million people remain internally displaced from the deadly conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. RI traveled to Equateur province where aid agencies were struggling to assist some 200,000 newly displaced people. Agencies told RI that our field report on this extremely neglected region was invaluable, and our media outreach and ongoing advocacy led to greater resources in the province.

RI continued to call for the U.S. and UN to increase protection and assistance for civilians in eastern Congo. We welcomed the UN Security Council’s decision to officially mandate that a reconfigured peacekeeping mission in the Congo focus on protecting civilians. Read about our efforts to improve peacekeeping in eastern Congo on p. 13 and reduce sexual violence in the country on p. 11.

o u r r e s u lt s➤TwocommunitiesinEquateurprovince

signedanon-aggressionpactafterRIrecommendedthattheUNandotheragenciessupportreconciliationefforts.

➤ UNHCRlaunchedaprogramtoprotecttherightsofdisplacedpeopleinEqua-teurprovince.

➤ TheU.S.refugeebureaufundedstafftoworkonhumanrightsissuesfortheUNpeacekeepingmissionintheCongotoimproveprotectionofcivilians.

Above: A Congolese couple uprooted by conflict in North Kivu stand outside their makeshift hut.

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A Congolese mother holds her infant in a displacement site near Kitchanga, North Kivu.

womenT H E M A T I C P R O G R A M S

Systematic targeting of women has become a widespread tactic of war and the stresses of displacement often lead to increased violence against women. Refugees International called attention to the specific needs of women in Haiti, Sudan and the DR Congo and urged the U.S. and key UN agencies to provide more resources to respond to rape and abuse of women.

RI was the only agency to assess the effective-ness of a “comprehensive strategy” on sexual

violence in the DR Congo. Our 2010 report on this topic highlighted that the strategy focused on more stable areas and had inad-vertently led to less resources and attention to gender-based violence in conflict zones. We also highlighted the failure to consult with local and national non-governmental orga-nizations (NGOs). The presentation of our findings resulted in widespread debate amongst the leadership of UN agencies and donor governments over how to improve such strategies in other countries.

o u r r e s u lt s➤InHaiti,UNpolicesignificantly

increasedtheirstaffingtopatrolthedisplacementcamps,includingmorefemaleofficers,tobetterrespondtoattacksonwomenandgirls.

➤ InSudan,theUNprovidedfundingforwomen’sgroupswhoaresettingupcommunityprotectionnetworks.Agenciesalsopre-positionedsafebirthingkitsandpost-rapekitsintherun-uptoSouthSudan’sreferendumforindependence.

➤ IntheDRCongo,coordinationhasimprovedbetweenagenciesprovidingemergencyaidandthosemanaging

longer-termprogramsrelatedtosexualviolence,andtheUNChildren’sFund(UNICEF)announcedaplantoincreasecommunicationoverthesexualviolencestrategywithlocalandnationalNGOs.

➤ TheUNPopulationFund(UNFPA)evaluateditsperformanceasthecoordinatorofgender-basedviolenceprogramminginhumanitariansettingsandisconductingregionaltrainingsofitsstaff.

Above: Two displaced Congolese women, who are relatives of local soldiers, smile at each other in a settlement north of Bunia.

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A hallmark of Refugees International’s work is to shine a spotlight on marginalized regions and populations that do not receive the attention and resources required to reduce suffering. When violence broke out in Kyrgyzstan in June, RI quickly traveled to the area and advocated strongly for concrete steps to increase the physical and legal security for all Kyrgyz citizens.

RI also traveled to Ecuador, Panama, Djibouti, Kenya and Yemen to identify and document the needs of urban refugees. In order to generate high-level political attention and awareness of Somali refugees, we produced a short film on the need to support education programs in Nairobi, presented our findings at a conference on Capitol Hill, and published a joint report with the UN Refugee Agency.

RI also worked closely with partner organiza-tions to successfully push the U.S. Congress to provide additional funding for vulnerable refugees and internally displaced people in neglected regions around the world.

o u r r e s u lt s➤TheU.S.refugeebureauprioritized

fundingforurbanrefugeeprotectioninitiativesforSomalisandothersaroundtheworld.

➤ TheU.S.Congressprovided$165millioninadditionalfundingforfiscalyear2010programsthatassistdisplacedandothervulnerablepopulations.

A Somali refugee in Dadaab camp in Kenya learns hairdressing through a youth education program.

p e a c e k e e p i n gRefugees International aims to improve inter-national peacekeepers’ efforts to protect civil-ians from harm. RI called for the peacekeeping missions in Sudan and DR Congo to improve their information-gathering and planning pro-cesses. We also discussed the importance of peacekeeping with officials from the U.S. State and Defense departments and urged support for UN peacekeepers in the Congo who have implemented innovative community-based ap-proaches to protect civilians.

Earlier in the year, RI published Last Line of Defense: How Peacekeepers Can Better Protect Civilians, which synthesized the key steps the UN and its member states must take to improve peacekeepers’ effectiveness. RI was pleased to see that countries that contribute peacekeeping troops endorsed the Department of Peacekeeping Operation’s (DPKO) plans to better define the tactics and resources needed

to effectively protect civilians and we requested that DPKO design a training to improve peace-keepers’ efforts in this area.

o u r r e s u lt s➤RefugeesInternationalisplayinga

centralroleindevelopingaProtectionofCivilianstrainingcurriculumforUNpeacekeepers.

➤ TheUNSecurityCouncilincludedseveralRIrecommendationsinaresolutionontheUNMissioninSudan,includingtheneedforacomprehensiveprotectionstrategy.

Above: UN peacekeepers monitor a remote area from a Temporary Operating Base north of Bunia in the DR Congo.

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c l i m at e d i s p l a c e m e n tMore and more people are being forced from their homes by climate-related disasters. In or-der to increase awareness of the link between climate change and displacement, The Ken & Darcy Bacon Center for the Study of Cli-mate Displacement assessed climate-related migration and displacement in Senegal and Pakistan, worked closely with congressional leaders to promote the issue, participated in international forums and panel discussions, and hosted education and outreach events.

In September, RI traveled to Pakistan to assess the aftermath of massive flooding that killed close to 2,000 people and uprooted seven mil-lion from their homes. Many people displaced by the ongoing conflict were also affected by the floods. RI’s subsequent report, Confronting Climate Displacement: Learning from Pakistan’s Floods, received significant media attention

and outlined steps to address the threat that climate change poses to economic, political and human security.

o u r r e s u lt s➤ThereportfromtheUNHuman

RightsCouncil’s2010SocialForumonHumanRightsandClimateChangeincludedRI’srecommendationstobetterprotectpeopledisplacedbynaturaldisasters.

➤ AttherequestoftheU.S.Government,RIledaroundtablediscussiononthePakistanfloodsandhowtheUNandU.S.canimproveeffortstoprovideassistanceandhelpcommunitiesrebuild.

Two months after flooding had begun in Pakistan, this village in Sindh Province was still submerged.

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i n t e r n a l d i s p l a c e m e n tThe single biggest gap in the international response to humanitarian crises is the inability to consistently protect and assist internally dis-placed people (IDPs). Some 27 million people are internally displaced, but no single agency is dedicated to alleviating their plight. As a result, the international response to assist these people continues to be disorganized and underfunded. Much of Refugees International’s work around the world is focused on closing this gap.

For example, we traveled to Afghanistan in November and highlighted that one year after President Obama’s announcement of the Afghanistan strategy, the country has continued to slide into crisis. The number of IDPs had increased by 50 percent and natural disasters and chronic food shortages continued to erode Afghans’ ability to survive, leading to rapid urbanization and the rise of slums. We

continue to call for increased monitoring and humanitarian assistance for displaced people throughout the country.

o u r r e s u lt s➤UNHCRisintheprocessofexpanding

itspartnershipwithlocalgroupswhocanbetteraccessandassistinternallydisplacedpeopleinAfghanistan.

➤ RefugeesInternationalsuccessfullyincreasedattentionandfundingforpeopleinternallydisplacedbyconflictinDRCongo,Iraq,PakistanandSudan.(SeeRegions,pp.4-9.)

Above: An Afghan father and daughter work to rebuild their lives after returning home to Jalalabad.

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For six years, RI has continued to promote the human rights of some of the twelve million people worldwide who lack citizenship. These stateless people are deprived of accessing basic services and exercising their political and civil rights. In 2010, we traveled to Iraq, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Sudan, and the Dominican Republic to assess the conditions that are causing statelessness, published our signature field reports on the issue and participated in numerous high-level meetings with U.S. and UN officials. We also co-hosted with UNHCR a standing-room only briefing on the issue on Capitol Hill with Congress-man Howard Berman.

By prompting positive change in the UN system and strengthening U.S. govern-ment attention to the issue, RI continues

to successfully promote new policies and increase resources devoted to reducing state-lessness.

o u r r e s u lt s➤TheU.S.refugeebureaugave$320,000

toUNeffortstoidentifypeopleatriskofstatelessnessinSudan.

➤ TheU.S.Senateintroducedanamend-menttolegislationthatwouldcreatealegalpathwaytocitizenshipforstatelesspeopleintheUnitedStates.

➤ TheUNHighCommissionerforRefugeespledgedgreaterattentiontostatelesspeopleduringhisfieldvisitsandrequestedthattheUNGeneralAssemblysupporteffortstopreventstatelessness.

A woman shows her Dominican ID card, which is under investigation because her parents were Haitian. As a result, she cannot register her child as a citizen of the Dominican Republic.

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On December 13, 2010, Refugees International was shocked and saddened to learn of the death of Richard Holbrooke. Richard was an indefatigable advocate who focused his tireless energy on pursuing peace and protecting the world’s vulnerable people. As a consummate diplomat, he held numerous distinguished posi-tions, including most recently the U.S. Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan. He

was also the chief architect of the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords that ended the war in Bosnia. Ambassador Richard Hol-

brooke served as chair of Refugees International from 1996 to 1999, where he helped grow Refugees International into the leading advocacy organization for refugees that it is today. He was a member of RI’s board of directors for eleven years.

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“ Dick Holbrooke laid the foundation for what became a meaningful organization, which I am certain, will rise to new heights in the future. His legacy will endure.”

– Jim Kimsey, Chair Emeritus Founding Chairman, America Online

“ Richard was relentless in pursuit of peace and did not go quietly into any debate, earning the names ‘Raging Bull’ and ‘the Bulldozer’ for his tireless and determined ways… A ‘Superman’ to so many of us and in so many ways, Richard was a legend in the humanitarian community.”

– Eileen Shields-West, Chair

“ Throughout our 30-year-plus friendship, I watched him offend thin skinned diplomats and political leaders but —nearly always—get results. He was a towering figure… He could not have been a European or Soviet diplomat. Only an American could have got away with it.”

– Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, Former Refugees International Vice-ChairFormer United Nations Deputy Secretary-General

“ Richard didn’t advertise this—his political and negotiating skills dominated his public persona—but he thrived on using all of his experience and wits to help some of the most marginalized people in the world.”

– Lionel Rosenblatt, President Emeritus

“ When I was with Richard I felt stronger, smarter and more capable. He was bigger than life but his feet were firmly planted on the ground. He will be missed.”

– Matt Dillon, Board Member

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Publicizing solutions to the desperate circum-stances facing refugees and displaced people is a critical component of Refugees Interna-tional’s work. National and international journalists widely use RI’s findings and recommendations as sources of information, and nearly 800 broadcast, print and online news sources mentioned Refugees Interna-tional in 2010. Our staff published op-eds in the Financial Times, Politico, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Miami Herald, The Kansas City Star and The Hill. In addition, Board Member Sam Waterston appeared on The Today Show and Fox & Friends for World Refugee Day.

Throughout the year, RI issued twenty field reports on displacement or statelessness in fourteen countries and two in-depth reports on climate displacement and peacekeeping. We produced six videos, including short films

that highlighted displacement in Iraq and Pakistan; introduced supporters to Michel Gabaudan, Refugees International’s new president; and celebrated our hard-hitting advocacy around the world. Our web site and blog are a top source of information, analysis, images and stories on displaced people worldwide and our Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube pages continue to inspire and engage thousands of supporters around the world.

e d u c at i o nCOMMUNICATIONS & MEDIA

Clockwise from top left: RI President Michel Gabaudan discusses South Sudan on CNN International. | Director of Regional Programs Andrea Lari is interviewed on Al Jazeera English. | Michel Gabaudan prepares for an interview with Sky TV. | Vice-Chair Sam Waterston appears on The Today Show on World Refugee Day.

On May 6, Refugees International celebrated its 31st anniversary with our signature gala, where we honored former Senator William H. Frist for his humanitarian leadership and efforts to provide medical assistance and counsel overseas. The event, chaired by Vicki and Roger Sant, also paid tribute to the late Kenneth H. Bacon, RI’s president from 2001 to 2009, and raised nearly $750,000. Special thanks to Cathy Brentzel and Gay Cioffi for thier support as Benefit Chairs.

RI’s London Circle kicked off 2010 with a discussion on the challenges facing Sudan featuring Zeinab Badawi from the BBC World News and The Economist’s Richard Crockett. “Lost Boy” Valentino Achak Deng and The Washington Post’s Michael Gerson also discussed Sudan at our Washington Circle event. In the spring, we joined HBO to co-sponsor the premiere of the film Sergio.

Her Majesty Queen Noor spoke at RI’s Jackson Hole Circle and also joined us in New York where she and Lord Mark Malloch–Brown discussed climate displacement and the massive flooding in Pakistan. In addition, we launched the Nantucket Circle with board members Sam Waterston and Matt Dillon, and organized our first Young Humanitarian Circle events, where we educated supporters on the Congo and child soldiers.

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Clockwise from top left: Richard Holbrooke presents the McCall-Pierpaoli Award to Senator Bill Frist. | Vicki Sant, Farooq Kathwari, Darcy Bacon and Senator Bill Frist at the 31st Anniversary Dinner. | Her Majesty Queen Noor, Foster Friess, and Tat Maxwell attend the Jackson Hole Circle. | Board member Matt Dillon attends our New York Circle event on climate displacement.

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