October 2017 – International Refugee Rights Initiative : International Refugee Rights Initiative

As Burundi Leaves the ICC, Can the AU Play a Role?

Published: 27 Oct 2017

“I don’t want to go back [to Burundi],” Marie[i], a 29 year old widow, told International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI) in June, when we interviewed her in a refugee settlement in Uganda. “There are too many criminals in Burundi and I know they can’t put them all in prison.” Her husband, an opposition member, had…

Protection for refugees not from refugees: Somalis in exile and the securitisation of refugee policy

Published: 2 Oct 2017

Over the last 25 years, drought, violence and human rights abuses have pushed millions of Somalis from their homes.1 Many have remained within Somalia, while others have fled across international borders, either into neighbouring countries like Kenya, or further afield to Uganda, Europe or the United States (US). As with many large groups of exiles,…