FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 8, 2021 CONTACT Henrike Dessaules, IRAP, hdessaules@refugeerights.org, 516-838-1269 Christopher Plummer, Church World Service, media@cwsglobal.org Sharon Samber, HIAS, hias@westendstrategy.com Timothy Young, LIRS, tyoung@lirs.org, 443-257-6310 APPEALS COURT... read more →
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 8, 2020 PRESS CONTACT Henrike Dessaules hdessaules@refugeerights.org 516-838-1269 IRAP REPORT REVEALS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION EXPLOITING “EXTREME VETTING” TO DECIMATE REFUGEE PROGRAM (New York, NY) – Today,... read more →
Anna-Theresa Unger is a 2020 graduate from Sarah Lawrence College and was the Policy and Communications Intern at IRAP during the 2019-2020 academic year. As the novel coronavirus spreads throughout... read more →
From December 16-19, 2019, IRAP participated in a fact-finding delegation to investigate the situation of refugees in Mexico, which was organized by Alianza Américas and Refuge for Families. Mariko Hirose,... read more →
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 21, 2019 PRESS CONTACTS ACLU of Northern California: press@aclunc.org; (415) 621-2493 IRAP: Henrike Dessaules, Communications Director, 516.838.1269, hdessaules@refugeerights.org Muslim Advocates: Eric Naing, eric@muslimadvocates.org, (202) 670-9560... read more →
The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) and Miles4Migrants (M4M) proudly announce their new partnership that will secure air transportation for refugees seeking to reunite with their families in a safe... read more →
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 10, 2019 PRESS CONTACTS Amnesty International USA: Mariya Parodi, Press Officer, mparodi@aiusa.org, 212-633-4211 HIAS: Sharon Samber, Communications Specialist, sharon.samber@hias.org 301-844-7303 IRAP: Henrike Dessaules, Communications Director,... read more →
Marhub and the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) are excited to announce the launch of Mona, a chatbot designed to provide legal information in Arabic and English to refugees who... read more →
On October 30, IRAP’s Litigation team traveled to San Francisco, CA for oral argument on their motion for preliminary injunction and the government’s motion to dismiss in S.A. v Trump,... read more →
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 17, 2018 PRESS CONTACT Boris Alvarado-Gonzalez balvaradogonzalez@refugeerights.org 646.602.5654 IRAP DENOUNCES PRESIDENT TRUMP’S DECISION TO ONCE AGAIN REDUCE REFUGEE ADMISSIONS TO HISTORICAL LOW (New York, NY)... read more →