Topic: Refugee Resettlement
Through our network of local resettlement partners, HIAS welcomes resettled refugees and helps them build their lives in communities across the United States.
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Oct 6, 2021
New Funds to Help Afghans
Oct 6, 2021
When they arrive in America, some Afghan refugees will be directly aided by the legacy of Jewish refugees of another era.
Sep 30, 2021
Congress Approves Funding for Afghan Arrivalsa
Sep 30, 2021
Congress Approves Funding for Afghan Arrivals Sep 30, 2021 SILVER SPRING, Md. — HIAS applauds the passage of the FY 2022 Continuing Resolution (HR5305) to fund the federal government through December 3, 2021, which includes $6.3 billion for Afghan humanitarian parolees. These Afghans, who had to flee their country and arrived in the U.S. with […]
Sep 30, 2021
Briefing Call: Afghan Arrivals, Haiti, and More
Sep 30, 2021
Catch the latest developments about newly arrived Afghans, asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border, deportations to Haiti, and more.
Sep 24, 2021
Dispatch: Welcoming Afghans Who Made It to the U.S.
Sep 24, 2021
HIAS Public Affairs Officer Andrea Gagne recently returned from Fort Bliss in Texas and Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, after several weeks assisting with processing of some of the tens of thousands of Afghans airlifted from Kabul in the days before the withdrawal of U.S. forces.
Sep 23, 2021
Helping European Jewish Communities Help Afghan Refugees
Sep 23, 2021
HIAS Europe and ECJC launched a campaign to help European Jewish communities help Afghan refugees.
Sep 20, 2021
Refugee Agencies Prepared for Afghan Resettlement
Sep 20, 2021
Resettlement organizations across the United States, including many HIAS affiliates, are prepared, and continuing to prepare for the resettlement of Afghan refugees. Volunteers have offered unprecedented amounts of time, money and furniture.
Sep 6, 2021
Afghans Need to be Classified as Refugees, Hetfield tells MSNBC
Sep 6, 2021
Mark Hetfield told MSNBC that the U.S. needs to reclassify Afghans who are coming into the U.S.
Aug 30, 2021
“There is No Process” for Arriving Afghans, Hetfield tells CNN
Aug 30, 2021
There is no clear way to process arriving Afghans, Mark Hetfield told CNN.
Aug 30, 2021
Schlepping to Help Arriving Refugees Feels Good in Charlotte
Aug 30, 2021
Betsy Jenkins was watching her foster sons playing with each other in the yard when she saw the email, “Extra help needed for new refugee apartment move-in, can you help?”
Aug 27, 2021
Special Edition Podcast: The Fall of Afghanistan
Aug 27, 2021
For a special episode of our Crossing Borders podcast, an Afghan HIAS staffer and volunteer talk about fielding phone calls from family, friends and others in Afghanistan, desperate for help.