The United Nations has begun planning for the imminent destabilization of the current nation of Iraq and is making preparations to deal with the expected humanitarian crisis, according to the... read more →
More than 1 million people have been displaced in Iraq, states a new UNHCR report. Many of those people are women and children, fleeing violence while men join the conflict,... read more →
The Washington Post published an article this morning that brought further attention to the current world refugee crisis. According to the UN, there are more than 50 million displaced persons... read more →
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 →