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IRAP is thrilled to share news of this week's premiere of After Spring at the Tribeca Film Festival. The documentary offers a rare, nuanced glimpse into life in Zaatari Camp, a refugee... read more →
IRAP is excited to announce the launch of Hamsa: A Documentary and Educational Platform! Produced in partnership with FoxWolf Productions and Change.org, the platform revolves around a short documentary about one woman’s... read more →
Yesterday, The Open Mind, PBS' longest-running show, featured IRAP's Director and co-founder, Becca Heller, as its guest. In a 30-minute interview with Open Mind host Alexander Heffner, Heller discusses the current refugee crisis,... read more →
Today, The Nation published an article discussing the United States' failure to make progress on its promise to admit more Syrian refugees. Despite President Obama's stated commitment to bring 10,000 Syrians to safety... read more →
This afternoon, our entire New York team met with Brandon Stanton, founder of the famous Humans of New York blog. Humans of New York (HONY), as many of you know, is... read more →
Today, we're proud to share this Stars and Stripes op-ed from IRAP's Board Chair, Walt Cooper, and the National Security Outreach Director at Human Rights First, Scott Cooper. The piece makes several... read more →
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 →