“Busting Myths about Forced Migrants'' is a new blog series authored by student volunteers from IRAP’s law school chapters. Each month, a different IRAP chapter will dispel a common misconception... read more →
Sophia Nnadi is a first-year law student at American University Washington College of Law (WCL) and a member of the WCL IRAP chapter’s policy team. The views expressed here are... read more →
This is the third in a series of personal accounts written by Bader, an LGBT refugee and current IRAP client. Bader is a 23-year-old who decided one day that he didn't... read more →
This week, we're featuring a guest blog post from IRAP's Intake Coordinator Betsy Fisher. Betsy attended the annual UNHCR-NGO Consultations in Geneva last month, along with IRAP's National Policy Director,... read more →
Yesterday, António Guterres published an essay in Time, speaking to the urgent need for Western nations to step up and address the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean. Earlier this week,... read more →
Yesterday, Angelina Jolie, Special Envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), published an opinion piece in The New York Times reflecting on her recent trip to the Middle... read more →
This week, the World Food Program (WFP) - the food aid branch of the United Nations - announced the suspension of a voucher program that was providing food to 1.7... read more →
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 →
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 →
World Refugee Day is coming up, on Friday, June 20! First observed in 2001, World Refugee Day was created by the United Nations General Assembly with the express purpose of... read more →