Update from the Field: Flooding in Venezuela By Rachel Nusbaum, HIAS.org Jul 13, 2015 HIAS offices in Guasdualito, Venezuela were impacted by heavy flooding in the area, July 2015. (HIAS) More than two weeks of heavy rain this month has caused the worst flooding in 20 years in Apure State, Venezuela, stranding many without clean […]
Fox News Latino featured an op-ed by HIAS Vice President for Policy and Advocacy Melanie Nezer on the growing numbers of Central American asylum seekers heading to Panama. "Despite a long history as a country of refuge, the asylum system in Panama is under-resourced and cannot keep up with the volume of asylum claims," Nezer writes.
Daniel*, a Colombian refugee living in Ecuador, showed me this music video when I visited his family’s home. Like so many other Colombian families we work with in Central America, gang violence made their life there untenable. When a local gang tried to force Daniel’s older brother to join, his mother Lorena* decided that their only choice was to flee.
White House Honors Refugee "Champions of Change" By Rachel Nusbaum, HIAS.org Jun 26, 2015 HIAS President and CEO Mark Hetfield (left) moderates a panel on refugee contributions to American society that included International Institute of St. Louis' Anna Crosslin (center) and Nadia Kasvin, a former HIAS client and Director and Co-Founder of US Together, at […]
White House Honors Refugee "Champions of Change" By Rachel Nusbaum, HIAS.org Jun 26, 2015 HIAS President and CEO Mark Hetfield (left) moderates a panel on refugee contributions to American society that included International Institute of St. Louis' Anna Crosslin (center) and Nadia Kasvin, a former HIAS client and Director and Co-Founder of US Together, at […]
White House Honors Refugee "Champions of Change" By Rachel Nusbaum, HIAS.org Jun 26, 2015 HIAS President and CEO Mark Hetfield (left) moderates a panel on refugee contributions to American society that included International Institute of St. Louis' Anna Crosslin (center) and Nadia Kasvin, a former HIAS client and Director and Co-Founder of US Together, at […]
Read HIAS President & CEO Mark Hetfield's Letter to the Editor of The New York Times in response to the June 18 front page story 60 Million People Fleeing Chaotic Lands, U.N. Says.
Read HIAS President & CEO Mark Hetfield's Letter to the Editor of The New York Times in response to the June 18 front page story 60 Million People Fleeing Chaotic Lands, U.N. Says.
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