April 2012

• April 13, 2012
  Why We Took Down Ahmed's Video
  

March 2012

• March 27, 2012
  Iraqi Government: European countries forcibly deporting Iraqi refugees
  
• March 24, 2012
  Refugees returning to Iraq met with sectarian violence
  
• March 21, 2012
  White House officials: security clearances in SIV program have been expedited
  
• March 14, 2012
  Refugee Arrival Numbers Down in FY 2011
  
• March 14, 2012
  USCIS Releases Annual Report on Special Immigrant Status Visas
  

February 2012

• February 19, 2012
  Iraqis in Syria: Again Facing Civil Unrest and Regional Religious Animosity
  
• February 12, 2012
  Domestic Violence On the Rise in Iraq
  
• February 8, 2012
  U.S. Plans to Cut Embassy Staff in Iraq by Half
  

January 2012

• January 24, 2012
  Read IRAP's Policy Memo Urging the Use of Videoconferencing in Syria
  
• January 19, 2012
  Urgency of Refugee Admissions Intensifies as Violence Escalates in Iraq
  
• January 4, 2012
  Can't Stay Put, Can't Go Home... Can't Move On?
  

December 2011

• December 24, 2011
  USCIS's insufficiently urgent response: "We continue to refine and improve this process"
  
• December 22, 2011
  63 Killed in Baghdad Bombings
  
• December 21, 2011
  Stable and Self-reliant?
  

November 2011

• November 28, 2011
  "Is this the best we can do for those who aided us in Iraq?"
  
• November 18, 2011
  LGBT Refugees in Beirut
  
• November 18, 2011
  The Plight of Iraqi Refugees in Syria
  
• November 18, 2011
  The Plight of Iraqi Refugees in Syria
  
• November 14, 2011
  "Whatever one's views of this war, we should agree that our country has a responsibility to Iraqi interpreters"
  

October 2011

• October 28, 2011
  Camp Ashraf: Refuge in (not just from) Iraq
  
• October 27, 2011
  The Supervisor Locator-- the US Government Aims to Help Iraqis Establish Contact With Former Military and DoD Supervisors
  
• October 19, 2011
  Antonio Guterres: "2011 has been a year of displacement crises unlike any other I have seen in my time as High Commissioner"
  
• October 18, 2011
  Sen. Paul lifts hold on aid to elderly and disabled refugees
  
• October 11, 2011
  A Class Action Suit to Compensate Iraqis and Afghans Under the Defense Base Act
  
• October 11, 2011
  Mark Hetfield: "What I saw causes me to question the reliability of these 'security checks'"
  
• October 7, 2011
  Sen. Paul Blocks Bill That Would Extend Aid to the Most Vulnerable Refugees
  
• October 6, 2011
  Mark Your Calendars! The first West Coast IRAP conference will be held at Stanford Law School on November 5, 2011
  
• October 6, 2011
  Send a Message to the White House That SIV Applicants Must Be an Urgent Priority
  

September 2011

• September 30, 2011
  Peter Van Buren: “I am still haunted by the Iraqis we left behind”
  
• September 28, 2011
  Brookings Institution: “And so, Iraqi refugees continue to wait”
  
• September 28, 2011
  “An offer of solace and shelter to victims of war and torture should be real and permanent, not subject to political whims and yearly rethinking.”
  
• September 6, 2011
  IRAP West Coast Summit!
  

August 2011

• August 12, 2011
  US Inspector General: Iraq More Dangerous Than Last Year
  
• August 12, 2011
  New UN Report Describes Ongoing Human Rights Abuses in Iraq
  

July 2011

• July 29, 2011
  From Iraq, Syria Still Looks Like An Oasis
  
• July 23, 2011
  Senators Press DHS for Info on SIV Delays
  
• July 20, 2011
  Iraqi Refugees Stuck in 'Limbo'
  
• July 13, 2011
  George Packer Highlights SIV Crisis
  

June 2011

• June 30, 2011
  Mapendo becomes RefugePoint
  
• June 24, 2011
  Arab Spring Adds to Middle East Refugee Crisis
  
• June 22, 2011
  Iraqi Refugee Population Grows in Lebanon
  
• June 22, 2011
  UK Protestors Blockade Mass Deportation of Iraqi Refugees
  
• June 9, 2011
  Migration Policy Institute Releases Refugee Report
  
• June 7, 2011
  Three Reports Released about Iraq
  
• June 2, 2011
  New Yorker Article Highlights Rights Abuses for Third Country Nationals
  

May 2011

• May 30, 2011
  Al Jazeera: Iraqi Refugees Flee the Violence in Syria
  
• May 18, 2011
  IRIN: Iraq Prepares for Major Influx of Returnees
  
• May 12, 2011
  Between Iraq and No Place: Iraqi refugees fleeing Syria
  
• May 10, 2011
  Telling the stories of Iraqi refugees in Syria.
  
• May 3, 2011
  Lingering effects of trauma on Iraqi refugee survivors of torture
  

April 2011

• April 20, 2011
  IRAP issues first Report to Supporters!
  

March 2011

• March 9, 2011
  United Kingdom resumes deportation of Iraqi Asylum Seekers
  
• March 9, 2011
  USCIS releases new guidance on Requests for Review
  

February 2011

• February 20, 2011
  New report anticipates continuing spread of violence after U.S. troop drawdown
  

January 2011

• January 30, 2011
  Iraqi refugee returns fall in 2010
  

December 2010

• December 17, 2010
  New reports highlight struggles for Iraqi women; refugee processing delays
  
• December 12, 2010
  New York Times: More Christians Are Fleeing Iraq
  
• December 2, 2010
  UNHCR releases 2010 numbers of registered Iraqi refugees
  

November 2010

• November 11, 2010
  New wave of religious persecution in Iraq will not affect U.S. draw down
  

October 2010

• October 29, 2010
  European Nations Continue to Deport Iraqi Refugees
  
• October 26, 2010
  UNHCR Poll Finds that Most Iraqi Refugees Regret Returning to Iraq.
  
• October 26, 2010
  Canada extends resettlement program for Iraqi refugees.