The sectarian violence that has rocked Iraq for nearly ten days continues to spread through the nation, following the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria's path to the capital, Baghdad.... read more →
Republicans in the House Appropriations Committee outlined their $48.3 billion spending package last night, proposing the allocation of $3 billion to assist refugees, with reference to the crises in Syria,... read more →
The United States announced plans today to evacuate a substantial number of non-essential embassy workers from Baghdad, according to the New York Times, in light of the recent outbreak of... read more →
After seizing control of Mosul - Iraq's second-largest city - on Wednesday, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) continued its campaign to reestablish a united Muslim caliphate in... read more →
Earlier today, Secretary of State John Kerry announced that the United States would provide nearly $300 million in additional humanitarian aid for victims of the violence in Syria. Including this... read more →
Although violence between NATO forces and the Taliban has decreased substantially over the past few years, thousands of Afghan refugees continue to reside in refugee camps in neighboring countries, such... read more →
World Refugee Day is coming up, on Friday, June 20! First observed in 2001, World Refugee Day was created by the United Nations General Assembly with the express purpose of... read more →
The Los Angeles Times published an op-ed yesterday by Secretary of State John Kerry, in which he called on Congress to authorize the expansion of the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV)... read more →