A new report released by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the Norwegian Refugee Council finds that Syrian civilians fleeing their homes are increasingly unable to find safety abroad. Of... 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 →
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 →
Al-Jazeera published an insightful and important Op-ed piece by Dr. Qanta Ahmed earlier this morning, detailing the horrifying effects of civil war on the healthcare systems of Syria and Iraq. President... 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 →
The Washington Post published an article this morning that brought further attention to the current world refugee crisis. According to the UN, there are more than 50 million displaced persons... read more →
Republicans in the House Appropriations Committee outlined their $48.3 billion spending package last night, proposing the allocation of $3 billion to assist refugees, with reference to the crises in Syria,... read more →
Earlier today, Secretary of State John Kerry announced that the United States would provide nearly $300 million in additional humanitarian aid for victims of the violence in Syria. Including this... read more →
About 10,000 Iraqi refugees wait in Syria for the interviews with the US Government that will determine their future and that of their families, the New York Times reports. But... read more →