FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 18, 2026 MEDIA CONTACTS IRAP | media@refugeerights.org#AfghanEvac | press@afghanevac.org ANAR | media@projectanar.org CWS | media@cwsglobal.org FIVE YEARS SINCE WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN, LAWMAKERS AND ADVOCATES CALL FOR PROTECTING AFGHAN REFUGEES Access a recording of the press call HERE (Washington, D.C.) — On a press call held today, advocates, legal experts, and…
On July 29, 2026, in A.A. v. State, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued an order that vacated the Trump administration’s policy applying Proclamations 10949 and 10998, commonly known as the “travel ban”, to family members of approved asylees in the United States. The district court found that the travel […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 11, 2026 MEDIA CONTACT Spencer Tilger | media@refugeerights.org FIVE YEARS AFTER U.S. WITHDRAWAL, AFGHAN REFUGEES ARE ABANDONED ABROAD AND TARGETED IN THE U.S. IRAP releases updated explainer outlining policies targeting Afghans (New York, NY) – August marks five years since the end of the United States military withdrawal from Afghanistan and […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 10, 2026 MEDIA CONTACTS IRAP | Spencer Tilger | media@refugeerights.org Muslim Advocates | Sadaf Hasan | sadaf@muslimadvocates.org REACTION TO TERMINATION OF TPS FOR SYRIA: “MY WHOLE LIFE IS BEING DESTROYED IN FRONT OF MY EYES.” While court case continues, thousands of Syrian community members have effectively lost their work authorization and […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 7, 2026 MEDIA CONTACTS IRAP | Spencer Tilger | media@refugeerights.org AALDEF | Stuart J. Sia | media@aaldef.org FEDERAL COURT ALLOWS TERMINATION OF TPS TO PROCEED FOR NEARLY 4,000 PEOPLE FROM BURMA “I am devastated by the court’s ruling and terrified of what will happen if I’m forced to return to Burma” (Chicago, IL) — Today, […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 29, 2026 MEDIA CONTACT Spencer Tilger | media@refugeerights.org FEDERAL JUDGE RULES TRAVEL BAN DOESN’T APPLY TO ASYLUM-SEEKERS Court Orders Government to Reunite Afghan Allies with Family Members (Alexandria, VA) – Today, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia ruled in favor of Afghan asylees who the Trump administration had […]
Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued mandates to lower courts greenlighting the Trump Administration’s stripping of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from over 6,100 Syrians and 350,000 Haitians, which will essentially render them undocumented. This means hundreds of thousands of people, many of whom have lived in the United States for over a decade, will lose their […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 27, 2026 MEDIA CONTACT Spencer Tilger | media@refugeerights.org ONE YEAR ON: GERMANY’S FAMILY REUNIFICATION SUSPENSION LEAVES FAMILIES IN LIMBO New Report Finds Germany’s Hardship Procedure Fails to Meet Standard Set by European Court of Human Rights (Berlin, Germany) — One year ago, the German government suspended family reunification for beneficiaries of […]
As part of its ongoing work, IRAP Europe’s France team provides training to social workers and legal practitioners who assist beneficiaries of international protection with their family reunification procedure in France. To equip these frontline professionals throughout the administrative phase, our team provides template letters and appeals intended for the relevant authorities. The France team…
This summer marks 250 years since the founding of the United States of America. Even before 1776, this country has been built by immigrants from every corner of the world and has become a reflection of the world’s cultures. From Ellis Island to the Refugee Act of 1980 and beyond, the people of the United […]
