Sam* is an Iraqi refugee who worked as an interpreter for the U.S. military in Iraq. He has been living in hiding in Egypt since 2014. Sam is a pseudonym to protect... read more →
IRAP recently concluded an annual student trip to our field office in Amman, Jordan, during which students gain hands-on experience working face to face with clients. The students then report... read more →
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Just in time for National Welcoming Week, and leading up to the UN Summits on refugees next week, the White House today hosted the event Welcoming Refugees: Honoring Refugee Integration... read more →
Today, IRAP Board Chair, Walt Cooper, published a blog post on The Huffington Post making the case for why we must show leadership in our response to the refugee crisis. "Refugees —... read more →
IRAP is thrilled to share the news that the Senate today blocked the American SAFE Act, which would have paused all resettlement of vulnerable Iraqi and Syrian refugees to the United... 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 →
Several thousand Iraqis, PBS News reports, including many who helped the United States during the Iraq war, are caught in a grim race between death threats in their own country... read more →
Read IRAP's op-ed on refugee access to legal counsel appearing in the Christian Science Monitor here. Refugees applying for resettlement to the United States face an unknown and complicated legal system.... read more →
Michael Breen, Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project co-founder and veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, reminds us today in the Guardian that as we welcome the homecoming of our soldiers in Iraq,... read more →