Refugees International is an independent humanitarian organization that advocates for better support for displaced people (including refugees and internally displaced people) and stateless people. It does not accept any United Nations or government funding. It publishes longer reports, as well as approximately twenty-five field reports throughout the year on displacement issues, as well as comments on international aid issues around the world. Some notable Board members have included Queen Noor, John Danforth, Matt Dillon, Sam Waterston, George Soros and Richard Holbrooke. It is based in Washington, D.C. with offices also located in New York, and in the winter of 2011, an office will be opened in London.
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“The exile is a singular, whereas refugees tend to be thought of in the mass. Armenian refugees, Jewish refugees, refugees from Franco Spain. But a political leader or artistic figure is an exile. Thomas Mann yesterday, Theodorakis today. Exile is the noble and dignified term, while a refugee is more hapless.... What is implied in these nuances of social standing is the respect we pay to choice. The exile appears to have made a decision, while the refugee is the very image of helplessness.”
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