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Sep 3, 2015

Legal Fellows Fight Eritrean Grandfather’s Detention

Gebre* thought that fleeing the chaos in Eritrea would keep his family safe. That hope was shattered in July of 2012, when a Molotov cocktail was thrown into the Jerusalem apartment Gebre's daughter (seven months pregnant at the time) and son-in-law share. The two were badly injured and extremely traumatized. The attack was just one in a string of xenophobic attacks against African migrants in Israel.

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Sep 3, 2015

Op-Ed: Migrants Aren’t Widgets

A Nobel Prize Winner has some advice for Europe: Remember that refugees are not widgets to be distributed or warehoused, and you can turn this challenge into a manageable opportunity to both protect refugee lives and improve your own economy.

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Sep 2, 2015

Op-Ed: For Refugees, Crisis Never Far Away

With more than four million Syrians displaced by the conflict, the capacity of neighboring countries is being tested. In July, food assistance for Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan was cut in half due to lack of funds, leaving a refugee family in Lebanon to subsist on the equivalent of $13.50 per person per month. And the situation may soon become even more dire.

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Aug 31, 2015

HIAS Interns Advocate for Refugees on Capitol Hill

In honor of World Refugee Day, HIAS’ Washington, D.C. interns volunteered to escort refugees to meetings with senators and representatives on Capitol Hill to discuss legislation that protects refugees. It was an incredible experience, they report.

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Aug 28, 2015

J. Weekly: Troubled Road Ahead for Israel’s African Migrants

J. Weekly: Troubled Road Ahead for Israel’s African Migrants Aug 28, 2015 In an August 27 story on Israel's release of 1,200 african migrants from the Holot detention center, J. Weekly cites concerns raised jointly by HIAS and the Reform movement, who issued a statement earlier this month calling on the Israeli government to re-examine its asylum […]

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Aug 27, 2015

Government Must Change Child Detention Policies, Orders Judge

Children should not be held in U.S. immigration detention for more than 72 hours unless they are a significant flight risk or a danger to themselves and others, a federal judge ruled late Friday.

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Aug 26, 2015

Situation Report: Burundi

Burundi, rocked by a spate of assassinations and post-election violence, looks increasingly likely to spiral out of control. Thousands have fled the country, adding to an already worrisome refugee situation in the region.

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Aug 20, 2015

HIAS Disturbed by Slovakia’s Discriminatory Refugee Policy

"In our efforts to provide refuge to the world’s most vulnerable, we must remind ourselves that it is fear of the other that leads to ethnic and religious strife in the first place. We need to challenge and conquer those fears, not succumb to them," said Mark Hetfield, President and CEO of HIAS, the global Jewish nonprofit that protects refugees of all faiths.

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Aug 20, 2015

Refugee Turned Entrepreneur Builds a Business in Panama

When paramilitaries invaded Paola's hometown in Columbia*, she fled with her two young grandchildren to Panama. In order to support herself and her grandchildren, she sells tamales made from corn she grows herself. Now her business is expanding, with a little help from HIAS.

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Aug 17, 2015

Reform Movement ‘Deeply Concerned’ about Israel’s African Asylum Policy

Reform Movement 'Deeply Concerned' about Israel's African Asylum Policy By HIAS.org Aug 17, 2015 "The Reform movement and Jewish refugee agency HIAS called on the Israeli government to re-examine its asylum policy for African migrants," The Forward wrote in an August 14 article. The story quotes Mark Hetfield, president and CEO of HIAS, saying, in part: “We are […]

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