Topic: Syria

Apr 23, 2015

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees is urging the West to do more to alleviate the largest refugee crisis since World War II. HIAS agrees. These are extraordinary times, and the West needs an extraordinary response.

Feb 3, 2015

A twist of fate (and timing) led to me spending my first week as Policy Counsel for HIAS in Jordan as a member of a delegation from Refugee Council USA. The trip, which was intended as a chance to learn about resettlement for Syrian refugees, became my crash course in the realities of the Syrian refugee crisis.

Oct 29, 2014

Our elected officials have been on Capitol Hill for only a handful of days since August and there has been no legislation to help alleviate the largest refugee crisis of this era.

Oct 28, 2014

Religious minorities, including Yazidis and Christians, fleeing the genocidal campaign of ISIS are entitled to safe haven, which requires a massive response from the United States and the international community.

Aug 8, 2014

HIAS is proud to announce that we have successfully secured asylum for an ordinary Syrian citizen whose life was in danger from both the Assad regime and the opposition in Syria.

Jul 23, 2014

The faces and stories of the Syrian refugees I worked with in Jordan remain as clear in my mind as if I’d met them yesterday.

Jan 15, 2014

As the conflict worsens, refugees continue to flee the chaos and violence and seek sanctuary in neighboring Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, and Turkey. What is to become of them in the long run?

Dec 12, 2013

With funding from the Jewish Coalition for Syrian Refugees in Jordan, HIAS' expert on immigration and refugee law and policy, Elissa Mittman, traveled to Jordan this October to begin to identify vulnerable Syrian refugees who are in urgent need of resettlement. Her report reveals a very difficult road ahead for refugees staying in the country for the indefinite future, as well as for those who need to find refuge in a third country like the United States.