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Nov 6, 2015

Minnesota Nice: Focus on Welcoming Refugees at Statewide Meeting

Launched in July 2013, The Linking Communities Project: Creating Welcome for Refugees is a laboratory for developing innovative ideas to help educate communities about the many benefits of refugee resettlement. This year, TLC chose to work in Minnesota based on the state’s rich history of welcoming refugees.

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Nov 2, 2015

Kindertransport Association Gathers One Last Time

“I was honored to talk to this group. They know better than most the importance of the work that HIAS does now, having been refugees themselves,” Hetfield said. “They are our inspiration to make sure that refugees are protected, and that refugee families are protected.”

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Oct 29, 2015

HIAS Provides Disaster Relief in Venezuela [Slideshow]

“The mothers kept telling us how thankful they were," a HIAS staffer said. “They were really grateful that their children were able to receive high quality care, and that they were not discriminated against for being refugees.”

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Oct 28, 2015

UN High Commissioner: Syrian Refugee Crisis Must Be “Managed”

António Guterres, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, told the audience at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. that this is a manageable problem for Europe, but “there is one condition for a problem to be manageable -- it must be managed.”

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Oct 28, 2015

HIAS Op-Ed: Syrian Refugees Are Not Jewish, But We Are

An opinon piece by Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, vice president for community engagement at HIAS. "Photographs of refugees on trains desperately trying to cross European borders triggered a deep collective Jewish memory," she writes.

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Oct 22, 2015

U.S. Recognizes Equality of All Life Partners for Refugee Family Reunification

In a little-noticed shift, the Obama administration has taken steps to ensure that the long-term relationships of couples who were not able to be legally married in their home countries or while in flight are nevertheless recognized by the U.S. family reunification program. “Refugees with same-sex partners will finally have the opportunity to reunite with them and to make their families whole again,” said HIAS CEO Mark Hetfield.

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Oct 21, 2015

Video: Winnie Gacheru on HIAS’ Work in Kenya

Winnie Gacheru, director of psychosocial programs at HIAS Kenya, describes working with some of the world's most vulnerable refugees in this short video.

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Oct 20, 2015

Refugees on NPR: Syrian Family Rebuilds In America’s Heartland

Ari Shapiro highlights the story of the Al-Awad family, as well as the work being done by US Together, HIAS' partner in Toledo, Ohio, on "All Things Considered".

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Oct 20, 2015

WNYC: What Europe’s Refugee Crisis Says About America

WNYC spoke with HIAS President and CEO Mark Hetfield, as well as author Lev Golinkin, who was resettled by HIAS when his family fled persecution in the former Soviet Union, about the ongoing refugee crisis.

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Oct 16, 2015

Frequently Asked Questions About Refugee Resettlement

What happens to the refugees the U.S. accepts for resettlement here? A recent State Department briefing on the United States Refugee Admissions Program provides some valuable insight for those newly curious about the world of refugee resettlement.

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