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Dec 10, 2025

A Year Later, Resettlement of Syrian Refugees Remains an Urgent Priority

This paper is the result of desk research and of IRAP's legal work with Syrian clients throughout the civil war and especially over the past year (December 2024 - December 2025).

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Aug 6, 2025

Germany: IRAP Criticizes Two-Year Suspension of Family Reunification for Beneficiaries of Subsidiary Protection

IRAP Europe testified at an expert hearing at the German Parliament against a new law seeking to suspend family reunification for beneficiaries of subsidiary protection for two years.

Blog Post

May 28, 2025

Danger by Design: How Climate Injustice Harms Displaced People at the U.S.-Mexico Border

A new report from the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) and Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center examines how climate change contributes both to the drivers of displacement and to the dangers people face along migration journeys, drawing on firsthand accounts collected at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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May 7, 2025

Written Submission to the IACHR Rapporteurship on Human Mobility

IRAP joined a coalition of non-governmental organizations that represent indigent immigrants and asylum seekers at

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Feb 28, 2025

IRAP Submission to the UN on Meaningful Participation of Refugees with Disabilities 

The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) responded to a call by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities inviting all stakeholders to provide written submissions regarding interpretation and application of Article 29 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on participation of persons with disabilities in political and public life.

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Dec 20, 2024

IRAP Submits Comments on Missing Migrants to UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights of Migrants

IRAP submitted two reports to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in response to the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants’ call for input on the phenomenon of missing migrants.

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Dec 13, 2024

IRAP Comment on Climate-Related Danger and Missing Migrants to the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights of Migrants

IRAP submitted a report on climate-related danger and missing migrants to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in response to the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants’ call for input on the phenomenon of missing migrants.

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Sep 23, 2024

Enduring Change: A Data Review of Firsthand Accounts of Climate Mobility Impacts

The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), Al Otro Lado, Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, and Haitian Bridge Alliance‘s groundbreaking new report provides definitive evidence that climate change and environmental disasters are substantially impacting people seeking immigration relief in the United States and making transit journeys more perilous.

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Sep 18, 2024

Offshoring Human Rights: Detention of Refugees at Guantánamo Bay

In this report, IRAP exposes the U.S. government’s secretive practice of interdicting refugee families at

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Jul 9, 2024

IRAP Objects to DHS and EOIR Interim Final Rule Obliterating Access to Asylum at the U.S. Southern Border 

On July 8, 2024, IRAP submitted a public comment opposing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) Interim Final Rule on Securing the Border, published on June 7, 2024.

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Jun 13, 2024

IRAP Urges DHS to Rescind Proposed Rule Applying Mandatory Asylum Bars at Initial Border Fear Screenings, Compounding Rights Violations

On June 12, 2024, IRAP submitted a public comment strongly opposing the DHS proposed rule, Application of Certain Mandatory Bars in Fear Screenings, published on May 13, 2024.

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Jun 3, 2024

The Human Consequences of Biden’s Forthcoming Attempt to Shut Down the Border

Extensive news coverage indicates that the Biden administration will issue an executive order on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, effectively closing the border.

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