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Andrea Lari joined Refugees International in 2004 and has conducted missions for the organization to Burundi, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Colombia. In these missions, he has particularly focused on return and reintegration of refugees and internally displaced people. Before joining RI, Mr. Lari was a researcher for Human Rights Watch where he focused on Angola and forced displacement. Mr. Lari’s career in humanitarian work began when he volunteered with Jesuit Refugee Service in Angola. He then served as their Country Director for Angola from 1998 to 2000 and conducted humanitarian needs assessments in Pakistan and Afghanistan in early 2002. Mr. Lari grew up in Italy where he volunteered in projects assisting refugees in Croatia and Albania. Mr. Lari has a degree in Political Science from the University of Bologna, where he wrote a field-based final thesis entitled, Human Rights Protection of Guatemalan Refugees in Southern Mexico, and has completed the International Summer School at the Refugee Studies Program in Oxford. | 