Former Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), part of USAID. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/jeremy-konyndyk/rss en Laws & Policy Mon, 25 Jun 2018 11:50:00 +0000 Jeremy Konyndyk https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/06/25/to-lead-iom-isaacs-must-disavow-trumps-migration-agenda https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/06/25/to-lead-iom-isaacs-must-disavow-trumps-migration-agenda The U.S. pick for IOM chief should clarify his views and repudiate the White House’s migration demagoguery, otherwise member-states should reject him in this week’s vote, Jeremy Konyndyk from the Center For Global Development writes for IRIN. Laws & Policy Solutions Mon, 13 Nov 2017 11:09:15 +0000 Jeremy Konyndyk https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/11/13/u-s-must-not-dismantle-population-refugees-and-migration-bureau https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/11/13/u-s-must-not-dismantle-population-refugees-and-migration-bureau Stripping the refugee agency out of the State Department would weaken humanitarian priorities in U.S. policy, argues former USAID official Jeremy Konyndyk. He says the White House’s motives for pushing this reform should be questioned.