Mark Yarnell is a senior advocate at Refugees International, a nonprofit organization that works to end displacement and stateless crises worldwide. Follow him on Twitter @YarnellMark. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/mark-yarnell/rss en Crises & Conflicts Laws & Policy Solutions Tue, 10 Jul 2018 14:54:00 +0000 Mark Yarnell https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/07/10/the-world-is-failing-internally-displaced-people-heres-one-solution https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/07/10/the-world-is-failing-internally-displaced-people-heres-one-solution More than one in 10 internally displaced people are in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Mark Yarnell of Refugees International describes millions of IDPs falling between the cracks of a humanitarian system in urgent need of reform. Crises & Conflicts Tue, 20 Dec 2016 14:14:38 +0000 Mark Yarnell https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/12/20/whats-next-for-dadaab-refugees-face-an-impossible-choice https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/12/20/whats-next-for-dadaab-refugees-face-an-impossible-choice Kenya has pushed its deadline to shut down the world’s largest refugee complex into 2017, but conditions in Dadaab are deteriorating fast. Mark Yarnell from Refugees International says its residents face either starvation or returning to a conflict zone.