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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?
May 28, 2015
Hetfield and Massimino: How to Solve the World’s Refugee Crisis
May 28, 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?
May 21, 2015
The Mounting Human Cost of Ukraine’s Conflict
May 21, 2015
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.
May 19, 2015
Lenny Krayzelburg: Swimming to Success
May 19, 2015
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.
May 11, 2015
Jewish American History Month Profile: USCIS Director León Rodríguez
May 11, 2015
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.