Penn Law International Refugee Assistance Project

11/17/2015

Welcoming refugees and ensuring security are not mutually exclusive

More than two dozen Governors recently announced that they want to stop their states from resettling Syrian refugees. This is not an either/or situation. The United States can continue to welcome refugees while also continuing to ensure national security. We must do both. Make your voice heard: take a photo affirming that !

11/04/2015

"For those waiting to come to the United States, the delays in Lebanon are compounded by a Department of Homeland Security rule. Because of what a department official vaguely described as 'the security situation in Lebanon,' visiting immigration officers can stay and work only inside the United States Embassy compound, which is undergoing a major face-lift. Those are the most stringent security restrictions in Lebanon, where other Western governments allow their diplomats to live in apartments in Beirut."

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/11/world/middleeast/refugees-stuck-in-grinding-us-process-wait-and-hope.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

While the Obama administration has promised to increase the number of refugees the United States accepts, the process for vetting and admitting them takes up to two years.

11/04/2015

Beirut Service Trip 2015

04/13/2015

Creating awareness of Refugee Rights at Penn Law

04/13/2015

Photos from Penn IRAP's April 10 Conference!

12/02/2014

Today is Giving Tuesday: Please consider making a donation to our Lebanon Service Trip Fundraiser! Every dollar will help us provide free legal aid to Syrian Refugees http://www.youcaring.com/mission-trip-fundraiser/helping-syrian-refugees-in-lebanon/258450 Thanks!

Penn Law IRAP will send a delegation of eleven student volunteers to Beirut, Lebanon in January 2015 to provide legal services to Syrian and Iraqi refugees, including women at risk of gender-based violence and LGBTI refugees, with the aim of facilitating their resettlement to the United States....

12/01/2014

IRAP mentioned in WSJ...
http://online.wsj.com/articles/iraqis-who-served-u-s-seek-visas-and-wait-1417392618

Amid the rise of Islamic State, thousands of Iraqis who served the U.S. and wish to immigrate there are in a state of limbo since the State Department, citing security concerns, suspended refugee processing in Baghdad in June.

11/29/2014

Read about the work of our awesome leadership in NYC!

In a ninth-floor office in lower Manhattan, thousands of miles from conflict zones in the Middle East and North Africa, a group of young lawyers provide lega...

11/18/2014

Congress should approve more visas for Afghan interpreters who help U.S. troops.

11/14/2014

Kurdistan Service Trip

11/14/2014

11/14/2014