The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced it is no longer conducting interviews for refugees in Lebanon. DHS expects the suspension to continue at least through Spring 2015. This... read more →
Conflicts in Syria and Iraq have displaced millions of people. In a push to protect those forced to flee, HIAS has drafted a petition to President Obama requesting that the... read more →
Nearly 50 members of Congress recently signed an open letter to President Obama urging him to ensure protection for LGBT immigrants. The letter identifies a number of uniquely dangerous circumstances... read more →
According to The New York Times, several international refugee agencies expressed fear this week that Jordan had closed its border to Syrian refugees. Although the Jordanian government insists it has... read more →
A report in The Guardian yesterday probed why the US has accepted so few Syrian refugees. Since the start of the war in Syria in 2011, more than 3 million... read more →
On Monday a bipartisan group of over 20 Representatives from across the United States sent a letter to President Obama advocating for the establishment of in-country refugee processing at the... read more →
A New York Times Report published earlier today confirmed that the United States has launched airstrikes on at least two cities in Kurdish territory, where ISIS has cornered tens of thousands of... read more →
IRAP's Director, Becca Heller, was interviewed yesterday about the ongoing crisis in Iraq during a segment of Huff Post Live! Along with several other participants from various organizations with expertise... 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 →
IRAP's Director Becca Heller was featured in a recent NBC News article regarding the recent surge of sectarian violence in Iraq. The piece discusses the current violence and takes the... read more →