A news report today from Al Jazeera highlights the plight of Iraqi refugees, forced to return to potential persecutors in Iraq in an attempt to save themselves from the violence... read more →
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The UN News Agency reported today that following the conflicts in Libya and Syria, the Iraqi government was preparing for a major influx of returned refugees. However, the article also... read more →
Today's Washington Times contained a profile of the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project, and also called on the U.S. to speed up its expedite procedure for refugee cases in need of... read more →
Click here to read the Associated Press article profiling IRAP's work to date, released earlier today and already appearing in dozens of newspapers!
Listen to IRAP's Director, Becca Heller, discuss the current dilemma facing Iraqi refugees in Syria with Marco Werman on "The World" by BBC/Public Radio International from Beirut. Iraqis in Syria... read more →
According to today's Washington Post, "A heavily U.S.-funded refugee relief program has begun quietly preparing for a humanitarian crisis on the Iraqi-Syrian border." Consistent with reports IRAP has been receiving... read more →
One of the things that troubles me most about the refugee situation is how the stories of millions of displaced people are left untold in the public narrative. So I’m... read more →
Click here to watch a profile of IRAP from NBC News Mobile!
The New York Times has an insightful feature today on the lingering effects o ftorture on Iraqi refugees living in Amman, Jordan. It details the trauma that many Iraqi refugees... read more →