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Jul 15, 2013

A Voluntary Deportation of Eritreans from Israel?

Reading about the new procedure that allows voluntary repatriation from detention, one wonders: If the people reported on in the article want to return because they truly want to go home, then why not let them make this decision outside the walls of detention? After all, the result should not be different if this is a genuinely voluntary decision.

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Jul 11, 2013

Colombian Refugees and the Effects of Violence Throughout Latin America

Colombian Refugees and the Effects of Violence Throughout Latin America By Kyle Kissick, HIAS Intern Jul 11, 2013 HIAS Latin America helps refugees who have fled Colombia’s decades-old civil war and prolonged internal violence. Since the beginning of the war, more than four million Colombians have been displaced within the country and as many as […]

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Jun 21, 2013

Speeding Relocation of Darfur Refugees Away from Chad Border

As the quickly approaching rainy season promises devastating flooding, HIAS is on the ground at Goz Amir Camp in southeastern Chad aiding Sudanese refugees relocating from camps on the Sudan–Chad–Central African Republic border.

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Jun 12, 2013

UNHCR, HIAS, and Faith-based Coalition Unveil Landmark Declaration

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and representatives of 25 faith-based non-governmental organizations today unveiled a landmark declaration aimed at strengthening protection for the world's more than 40 million refugees, internally-displaced, and stateless people.

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Jun 3, 2013

Senator Lautenberg’s Legislation Brought Thousands to Freedom

For more than two decades, Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, who died this morning at age 89, championed legislation that created a safe escape route to freedom for persecuted religious minorities from many corners of the globe. Today, HIAS joins the people of New Jersey and America in mourning his loss.

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May 31, 2013

Ukraine Develops its Commitment to the Rights of Unaccompanied Minors

After a little more than a year working at HIAS in Ukraine, I was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study human rights and refugee law in the United States. Seeing Ukraine’s asylum system from this new perspective allows me to value Ukraine’s comparative freedom from bureaucracy, but also increases my concern about the country’s relatively low level of respect for the rule of law and human rights.

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May 22, 2013

Rampant Persecution of Religious Minorities in Iran

Behind Iran’s menacing foreign policy is a fractured internal state that is becoming increasingly totalitarian. News agencies do not frequently report on this aspect of Iran, but religious persecution in Iran is rampant.

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May 9, 2013

HIAS’ National Refugee Resettlement Conference Gives Professionals New Tools for Success

This is the annual HIAS National Resettlement Conference, a veritable boot camp for refugee resettlement workers who prepare for, receive, and facilitate integration of the nearly 3,500 refugees HIAS affiliates resettle across the country each year.

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May 8, 2013

The Ultimate Legacy: Senator Lautenberg and Continued Protection for Iranian Religious Minorities

“More than twenty years ago, I created this program to allow religious minorities to escape persecution and live safely in the United States.” That is what Senator Lautenberg said about the Lautenberg Amendment after an extension and expansion of the program was included in the Senate’s immigration reform bill.

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Apr 12, 2013

Obama names Eric Schwartz to religious freedom body

Obama names Eric Schwartz to religious freedom body By Suzanne Pollak Apr 12, 2013 President Obama named HIAS board member, Eric Schwartz, a dean at the University of Minnesota, to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.

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