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Jun 19, 2015

World’s Refugees: Huge Problem, Meager Response

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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Jun 18, 2015

A World Refugee Day Reading

A World Refugee Day Reading Jun 18, 2015 Jews are a people with many holidays — times set aside to lift up important values we hold throughout the year. World Refugee Day on June 20th is a day designated to ensure that we pay attention to the daily plight of refugees — something we might strive to always […]

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Jun 12, 2015

The Struggle of Myanmar’s Persecuted Rohingya People

The Struggle of Myanmar's Persecuted Rohingya People Jun 12, 2015 To flee their home country, the Rohingya migrants of Southeast Asia pay steep prices for space aboard unseaworthy ships with dwindling food supplies and horrific sanitary conditions. In a June 11, 2015 article in the International Business Times HIAS Vice President for Policy and Advocacy […]

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Jun 1, 2015

The Forgotten Refugees of Darfur

When I visited Am Nabak refugee camp in eastern Chad this spring, the leader of the youth committee handed me a list of requests for the camp's young people. What could I say to this young man who wanted so much more than refugee camp life could provide for himself and his friends?

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May 28, 2015

Hetfield and Massimino: How to Solve the World’s Refugee Crisis

In an op-ed published by MSNBC.com, HIAS President and CEO Mark Hetfield and Human Rights First President and CEO Elisa Massimino argue that the United States and the international commuity must do more to protect refugees and alleviate the global refugee crisis.

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May 21, 2015

The Mounting Human Cost of Ukraine’s Conflict

A new report, published jointly by HIAS and the Brookings Institution, examines the Ukrainian Government’s response to the IDP crisis thus far, and offers a number of key recommendations for dealing with the situation in both the near term and into the future.

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May 19, 2015

Lenny Krayzelburg: Swimming to Success

To mark Jewish American Heritage Month, HIAS.org spoke to noteworthy Jewish-Americans with a refugee background. The second in this series features Lenny Krayzelburg, a HIAS client during the last great wave of Soviet Jewish migration who became a four-time Olympic gold medalist for the U.S.

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May 11, 2015

Jewish American History Month Profile: USCIS Director León Rodríguez

To mark Jewish American Heritage Month, HIAS spoke to noteworthy Jewish-Americans with a refugee background. The first in this series is an interview with León Rodríguez, Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

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Apr 25, 2015

Asylum Backlogs Can Be Deadly

Having an asylum system is not enough if that asylum system is hopelessly backlogged, as it is in Europe and the United States. Backlogs can be deadly. Read HIAS President and CEO Mark Hetfield's April 25 letter to the editor of the Washington Post, published April 25, 2015.

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Apr 23, 2015

Refugee Crisis Needs an Extraordinary Response

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees is urging the West to do more to alleviate the largest refugee crisis since World War II. HIAS agrees. These are extraordinary times, and the West needs an extraordinary response.

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