Becca Heller, IRAP's co-founder and director, spoke briefly with the Washington Examiner about why IRAP was created, what IRAP does, and what she's working on now. Here's a short excerpt from... read more →
A New York Times editorial reminds us that The United States has a "moral obligation" to screen Iraqi asylum applicants transparently and quickly - especially those who risked their lives to help Americans.... read more →
Current American policy and practice bars the use of videoconferencing to conduct initial interviews with Iraqis seeking admission to the United States as refugees. This practice has stalled the processing... read more →
About 10,000 Iraqi refugees wait in Syria for the interviews with the US Government that will determine their future and that of their families, the New York Times reports. But... read more →
BAGHDAD, 19 January 2012 (IRIN) - Suicide attacks, assassinations and bombings in Iraq have claimed the lives of at least 265 people and injured hundreds of others since 18 December,... read more →
The Christian Science Monitor acknowledges the achievements and promise of the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project, and the innovative, tenacious spirit of IRAP co-founder and director Becca Heller, committed to finding... read more →
In her column World View, Trudy Rubin of the Philadelphia Inquirer highlights cases of deserving applicants whose visas have been inexplicably delayed. From her correspondence with IRAP director Becca Heller: “The... read more →
Rev. Robert Chase, in an op-ed for Newsday, calls on Americans to remember, even as we rejoice in scenes of returning soldiers, the four million displaced Iraqis left behind. Chase... read more →
City Limits interviews IRAP translator and journalist Alaa Majeed and IRAP director Becca Heller about the challenges facing Iraqis who helped U.S. forces-- the threats they receive in Iraq, the... read more →
In an op-ed appearing in today's Boston Herald, the authors outline the immediate steps that the Obama administration should take to fix a broken SIV admissions system and make good on... read more →