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Jul 13, 2015
Central American Asylum Seekers Are Still Fleeing Persecution – They’re Heading South
Jul 13, 2015
Fox News Latino featured an op-ed by HIAS Vice President for Policy and Advocacy Melanie Nezer on the growing numbers of Central American asylum seekers heading to Panama. "Despite a long history as a country of refuge, the asylum system in Panama is under-resourced and cannot keep up with the volume of asylum claims," Nezer writes.
Jul 8, 2015
Amid Chaos and Violence, South Sudan Turns Four
Jul 8, 2015
South Sudan is the world’s youngest country. Unfortunately, its early years have been anything but idyllic.
Jul 2, 2015
Support, and Song, Helps Refugees Heal in Ecuador
Jul 2, 2015
Daniel*, a Colombian refugee living in Ecuador, showed me this music video when I visited his family’s home. Like so many other Colombian families we work with in Central America, gang violence made their life there untenable. When a local gang tried to force Daniel’s older brother to join, his mother Lorena* decided that their only choice was to flee.
Jun 26, 2015
White House Honors Refugee “Champions of Change”
Jun 26, 2015
White House Honors Refugee "Champions of Change" By Rachel Nusbaum, HIAS.org Jun 26, 2015 HIAS President and CEO Mark Hetfield (left) moderates a panel on refugee contributions to American society that included International Institute of St. Louis' Anna Crosslin (center) and Nadia Kasvin, a former HIAS client and Director and Co-Founder of US Together, at […]
Jun 26, 2015
Waiting Two Years for Resettlement Isn’t Really Rescue
Jun 26, 2015
White House Honors Refugee "Champions of Change" By Rachel Nusbaum, HIAS.org Jun 26, 2015 HIAS President and CEO Mark Hetfield (left) moderates a panel on refugee contributions to American society that included International Institute of St. Louis' Anna Crosslin (center) and Nadia Kasvin, a former HIAS client and Director and Co-Founder of US Together, at […]
Jun 20, 2015
Why World Refugee Day is a Jewish Holiday
Jun 20, 2015
White House Honors Refugee "Champions of Change" By Rachel Nusbaum, HIAS.org Jun 26, 2015 HIAS President and CEO Mark Hetfield (left) moderates a panel on refugee contributions to American society that included International Institute of St. Louis' Anna Crosslin (center) and Nadia Kasvin, a former HIAS client and Director and Co-Founder of US Together, at […]
Jun 19, 2015
World’s Refugees: Huge Problem, Meager Response
Jun 19, 2015
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.
Jun 18, 2015
A World Refugee Day Reading
Jun 18, 2015
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.
Jun 12, 2015
The Struggle of Myanmar’s Persecuted Rohingya People
Jun 12, 2015
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.
Jun 1, 2015
The Forgotten Refugees of Darfur
Jun 1, 2015
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?