There was a great LA Times piece about an endangered an Iraqi being hunted down for his work with the U.S. military and IRAP's efforts to safely resettle him. Press... read more →
IRAP's advocacy on behalf of LGBT Iraqis with the Dutch government has led the Netherlands to change their policy toward LGBT asylum seekers from Iraq, who now have a presumption of... read more →
A recent article by Andrew Harmon in The Advocate described the plight facing LGBT and "emo" Iraqis, currently being hunted down and persecuted at alarming rates throughout Iraq. In the... read more →
At the age of 23, Farah Al-Khafaji defied custom to launch her own engineering company in Iraq, working with the U.S. military to provide support to American efforts on the... read more →
After her husband received a death threat in the form of a note on their doorstep, Ekhlas and her family knew they had to flee their home. After arriving safely... read more →
Dear IRAP Supporters: Thank you so much for your rapid attention to the dire matter of LGBTI individuals currently being hunted down and massacred in Iraq. The speed with which... read more →
European countries are forcibly deporting Iraqi refugees against the Iraqi government's wishes, according to a AK News story. The Iraqi government has objected to these deportations, citing concerns about the weak... read more →
Deadly sectarian tensions persist in Iraq, and continue to terrorize refugees who return, according to a New York Times story. Near-record numbers of Iraqi are returning to Iraq, finding danger... read more →
The security clearance process for the special immigrant visa program - which resettles Iraqis who have been threatened because they served the U.S. government during the war - has been... read more →
About 30,000 Iraqi refugees - many of whom served with U.S. forces and contractors during the war - are stuck waiting for heightened security checks before they can be resettled... read more →