Gerry Simpson is Human Rights Watch’s senior refugee researcher and advocate. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/gerry-simpson/rss en Crises & Conflicts Tue, 14 Feb 2017 12:42:49 +0000 Gerry Simpson https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/02/14/u-n-refugee-agency-must-break-its-silence-on-pakistan https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/02/14/u-n-refugee-agency-must-break-its-silence-on-pakistan The UNHCR’s offer of cash to returning Afghan refugees makes it complicit in the coercion of people it is mandated to protect, says Human Rights Watch’s Gerry Simpson, author of a new report on Pakistani forced returns. He argues the U.N. agency has crossed a red line.