October 27, 2021
Sharon Samber, HIAS.org
The untamed wilderness of Panama’s Darién Gap may be beautiful, but if you look closely there is much danger amid the beauty.
In this Central American country’s largest province, thousands of refugees, mostly Haitians, Venezuelans, and Cubans, attempt the perilous journey through Colombia to…
October 26, 2021
Dan Friedman
On October 27, 2018 the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh was shocked when a gunman opened fire at one of the local synagogues. He had chosen the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha building for his act of unprecedented hate because one of the three communities it…
October 20, 2021
Sharon Samber, HIAS.org
HIAS Policy Counsel Andrew Geibel discusses the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border near the bridge connecting El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez. October 14, 2021.
Since it was implemented, the Migration Protection Protocols (MPP) created a humanitarian disaster on the U.S.-Mexico border. With its…
October 18, 2021
Sharon Samber, HIAS.org
(HIAS Peru)
When HIAS Peru saw they could engage with refugee women from Venezuela on leadership and teamwork, they decided to essentially throw an empowerment party.
Toward the end of the summer more than 90 refugee and migrant women gathered for this event. For…
October 8, 2021
Sharon Samber, HIAS.org
(HIAS Mexico)
HIAS’ mental health programming has expanded greatly over the past several years. And with it, so too has the dedication and enthusiasm of HIAS mental health and psychosocial services staff.
This year on October 10, World Mental Health Day, we learn from…
October 6, 2021
Sharon Samber, HIAS.org
When they arrive in America, some Afghan refugees will be directly aided by the legacy of Jewish refugees of another era.
HIAS has of course helped resettle thousands of people in previous generations, many of them Jews fleeing Europe during WWII. Now through the…
October 1, 2021
Sharon Samber, HIAS.org
(Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images)
The Biden administration has come under fire recently for escalating Haitian deportations and treating inhumanely thousands of Black asylum seekers. Images of Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents on horseback rounding up asylum seekers like animals have galvanized opposition.
September 30, 2021
In this briefing call, catch the latest developments about newly arrived Afghans, asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border, deportations to Haiti, and more.
HIAS experts are:
Originally published at https://www.hias.org.
September 24, 2021
Andrea Gagne, Public Affairs Officer
In August and September 2021, in response to an urgent call for assistance, HIAS deployed more than a dozen staff members to military bases across the United States to help with reception and processing of tens of thousands of Afghan citizens airlifted…
September 23, 2021
Sharon Samber, HIAS.org
Many European Jewish communities are looking for ways to help Afghan refugees, but sometimes the helpers need a little extra support to get started.
HIAS Europe and the European Council for Jewish Communities (ECJC) understand that lots of Jewish community groups want to help…
