IRAP's Deputy Policy Director, Betsy Fisher, is cited today in George Packer's comment for The New Yorker on America's betrayal of Syrian and Iraqi refugees. Packer's powerful piece provokes serious reflection on... read more →
Today, POLITICO published an extremely important article highlighting the impact of proposed anti-refugee legislation, which would restrict refugee resettlement in the United States, on Iraqi interpreters who worked alongside U.S. forces. In... read more →
Yesterday, IRAP's Deputy Policy Director, Betsy Fisher, was quoted in an article in The Nation. The article appeared in the midst of intense backlash to refugees in the wake of last Friday's terrorist... read more →
In the wake of last week's terrorist attacks in Paris, the United States has seen a surge of backlash against refugees and the refugee resettlement program. News outlets are turning... read more →
The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) condemns the horrific attacks on Paris and Beirut last week. We must not allow these attacks to prevent vulnerable Syrian refugees from reaching safety;... read more →
This weekend, IRAP held its annual National Student Summit in New York City, hosted by the offices of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. This year's Summit was the... read more →
The Daily Beast today published a story bringing attention to the plight of refugees who are currently trapped in Calais, France, awaiting an opportunity to make it onward to new... read more →
Today, IRAP joined several other leading refugee organizations from Refugee Council USA (RCUSA) as an expert participant in a Twitter chat hosted by the International Rescue Committee (IRC). The chat... read more →
This afternoon, the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) submitted a statement for the record to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Oversight of the Administration's FY 2016 Refugee Resettlement Program:... read more →
The powerful story of Phil Schmidt and "AK," the Afghan interpreter who worked with Phil's fallen son, is continuing to stir the public and shed light on the issue of... read more →