Topic: Asylum

Feb 13, 2024

"The Pact,"which responds to a decade of recurring crises at Europe’s borders, pose new risks.

Feb 13, 2024

In partnership with HIAS Israel’s Emergency Response, JACC distributes food, children’s toys, clothing, diapers, and baby food to asylum seekers.

Feb 5, 2024

The supplemental funding bill ties aid to Israel, Ukraine, and more to policies that would have disastrous, lasting effects on the U.S. asylum system.

Jan 8, 2024

The new issue of the Greek Asylum Case Law Report released today provides excerpts from 70 decisions by administrative and civil courts, the Independent Appeals Committees and the Asylum Service and Reception and Identification Service, mainly issued in the second half of 2023.

Dec 28, 2023

A personal account from a HIAS staffer stationed in Israel after the terrorist attacks, where the emergency response team developed ways to work with local organizations to help some of the estimated 250,000 displaced Israelis. 

Dec 22, 2023

Thanks to volunteers, staff members, and supporters, HIAS' legal clients will receive some extra holiday cheer this year.

Dec 21, 2023

HIAS experts say New York isn't facing a "migration crisis", but a lack of coordination and resources. HIAS is helping new arrivals, and you can too.

Dec 13, 2023

Negotiations around funding for humanitarian and refugee programs are being tied to policies that could restrict asylum in the U.S. for years to come.

Dec 8, 2023

HIAS is deeply alarmed by reports that the Biden administration is considering new restrictions on asylum and expanded deportation processes in an effort to reach an agreement to keep funding for Israel and Ukraine in a supplemental funding bill.