The term refugee is overused and misused. Many of us believe that to be a refugee is simply to be displaced. Instead, a refugee is someone who has been forced to flee her country due to violence or persecution and who cannot return. To be a refugee is to be attacked, abused, to lose your […]
Author Archives: Amy Slaughter
Amy Slaughter is the chief operating officer for RefugePoint, a nongovernmental organization that assists at-risk urban refugees in Africa and, in partnership with UNHCR, identifies and refers the most vulnerable for resettlement. She currently serves as vice-chair of the advocacy coalition Refugee Council USA.