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Mar 13, 2023

Spotlight on Local and Refugee-Led Efforts to Address Key Protection Needs: Lessons Learned in Three Key Regions

In 2022, the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) undertook a geographic rapid assessment project to better understand the unmet legal needs and protection gaps faced by displaced people in three regions of the world: Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and South and Southeast Asia.

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Jun 24, 2022

Applicant Guide and Practice Advisory on USCIS’s New Guidance on Recognizing Informal Marriages of Refugees and Asylees

IRAP has prepared a practice advisory to explain new USCIS guidance on recognizing informal marriages of refugees and asylees.

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Mar 15, 2022

Recommendations for the Upcoming U.S. Private Sponsorship Pilot for Refugees

IRAP, alongside other organizations, offers recommendations for the design of a private sponsorship program for refugees.

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Jan 11, 2022

Rebuilding the U.S. Refugee Program for the Future: 22 Recommendations for 2022

This report by the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) offers 22 recommendations to address current challenges and improve the refugee resettlement program in 2022 and onwards.

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Apr 14, 2021

Access to Documents by Eritrean Refugees in the Context of Family Reunification (April 2021)

IRAP commissioned this expert report, which clarifies which official documents Eritrean refugees are able to obtain from Eritrean authorities in order to successfully apply for family reunification in the European Union.

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Mar 22, 2021

Families in Limbo: What the Biden Administration Can Do Now to Address Unreasonable Delays in Refugee and Asylee Family Reunification…

This report outlines how the “Follow-to-Join” process has been hampered by actions taken by the Trump Administration and how the Biden Administration can improve the process.

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Kosovar refugees arriving in the United States. In the background, a plane is partially visible, with several of the refugees - many of them children - descending a metal staircase onto the tarmac. In the foreground, are a man and a woman from Kosovo. The man has olive colored skin and holds up a peace sign. He is almost bald, with some short white hair visible. He has a full mustache and dark brown eyebrows. He wears a leather jacket with a red wool sweater underneath. A woman with fair white skin and brown hair pulled back wears a beige blouse with a beige wool sweater and holds a brown leather jacket in her left hand.

Jan 29, 2021

Refugee Reset: Mid-Year Increases to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Target (January 28, 2020)

This policy report discusses the Presidential authority to increase the number of refugees to be admitted to the United States during the fiscal year.

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Nov 1, 2020

Expanding Complementary Pathways for Refugees and Displaced Persons: A Blueprint for the U.S. Government (November 2020)

This policy report outlines the multiple ways in which the incoming administration could address hurdles in existing pathways, as well as expand and pilot new programs, to bring displaced people to safety.

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Oct 30, 2020

Debunking “Extreme Vetting”: Recommendations to Build Back the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (June 2021)

This report outlines the harm caused by “extreme vetting” and makes key recommendations for reforming the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.

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Sep 1, 2019

Recommendations for the President to Restore and Improve Protection for Refugees and Displaced People (September 2019)

This white paper makes recommendations for the Presidential administration that takes or remains in office in January 2021.

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Feb 1, 2017

The Importance of Legal Counsel (Forced Migration Review, February 2017)

IRAP’s Policy Director, Betsy Fisher, summarizes the benefits of the presence of counsel in the resettlement process.

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