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Aug 3, 2023

In an interview, Heidi Lehmann discusses HIAS' nuanced approach to LGBTQ refugees and her experience hosting a gay Syrian man in her home.

Jul 31, 2023

After fleeing to Costa Rica from her native Nicaragua, Erika Sanchez opened her own restaurant through the help of HIAS' Graduation Model Approach.

Jul 27, 2023

The Biden administration’s asylum ban has had a profound impact not only at the U.S.-Mexico border but throughout the entire Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, where HIAS operates over 70 field offices across 11 countries.

Jul 24, 2023

The Knesset's passage of a new law curtailing the Reasonableness Doctrine could have a detrimental effect on the protection of human rights

Jul 13, 2023

HIAS+JCORE Executive Director David Mason was among the recipients of the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies’ 2022 Avicenna International Award for Intercultural Cooperation for Peace.

Jun 30, 2023

Many HIAS offices across the globe commemorated World Refugee Day with activities, learning, and celebration.

Jun 27, 2023

HIAS' economic inclusion programs have transformed women's lives in Colombia.

Jun 27, 2023

In 2014, Robert fled anti-LGBTQ persecution in Uganda, eventually settling in Philadelphia with the assistance of HIAS affiliate HIAS Pennsylvania. Today, as new anti-LGBTQ legislation looms large in Uganda, he has built a new life for himself — and community for LGBTQ refugees in Philadelphia.

Jun 22, 2023

The ride sharing company has been a lifeline for displaced people for whom transportation poses great difficulty.

Jun 21, 2023

HIAS and Rosetta Stone have renewed their partnership to provide language learning software to refugees and the staff and hosts who assist them.