International Refugee Assistance Project

Today and every day, we are grateful for our community of supporters, who remain united and resolute in our commitment to protect safety, justice, dignity, and opportunity in the face of efforts to sow fear and division. Thank you!

Around the world, people are reckoning with the impacts of climate change on their daily lives. Migration is a key strategy for adapting to increasingly frequent and intense climate-related disasters, but because of gaps in legal protections and pathways, climate-impacted people are often forcibly displaced. As IRAP Climate Director, Ama Francis, shared with Zo? Schlanger of The Atlantic, ignoring the realities of climate change and its migration implications is "like turning the heat up on a boiling pot and then forcing the lid shut." https://lnkd.in/ebFAyJQu

Our community is ready to challenge the unlawful and inhumane policies that Donald Trump and Tom Homan plan to enact. As our Deputy Director of Policy, Hannah Flamm, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), the new administration's threats are already having a chilling effect on immigrant communities. "We believe that there will be significant resistance to engaging in Trump's unlawful immigration agenda. That said, what will happen from the beginning is instilling fear in communities. That is Trump's objective in many of these policies. That is Homan's objective as well. So the immigrant rights community is trying to build support and solidarity to mitigate some of that fear," Flamm said. https://lnkd.in/eXmPp-Fv

Becca Heller, founder of the International Refugee Assistance Project, which sued the government over the Muslim ban, said that winning the popular vote was not a license to ignore the law. “He can’t act outside the bounds of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights,” she said. Having battled one Trump administration, she and her allies are ready for a second, Ms. Heller said. “We literally have a blueprint of what they are planning to do, and so we had months and months to figure out how to protect people,” she said. “Trump has told us what to expect — hate and persecution and concentration camps,” she said, referring to his team’s plans to use military funds?to build “vast holding facilities.”?“None of us have any illusions about what we are up against this time.” https://lnkd.in/dUJ75zCY The New York Times Miriam Jordan Jazmine Ulloa

Families belong together and safe ?? This week, our team had the privilege of partnering with the Palestinian American Community Center to host a town hall and legal clinics for Palestinian community members seeking information about pathways to safety and family reunification for their loved ones.

The Disability and Displacement East Africa Partnership workshop brings together the Refugee-Led Organization Network of Kenya (RELON-Kenya), the ASSOCIATION OF REFUGEES WITH DISABILITY (ARD) in Uganda , the United Disabled Persons of Kenya UDPK and the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP). This gathering is designed to promote information sharing, networking, and cross-learning among organizations. The focus of the workshop is to co-design strategies for collaboration between Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) and Refugee-Led Organizations (RLOs). Together, they aim to enhance their capacity to support displaced persons with disabilities across East Africa. #RefugeesWithDisabilityRights #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs

Celebrate the International Week of Deaf People and International Day of Sign Languages with us on Thursday, September 26 at 12pm ET! Learn about the challenges that deaf refugees face and the key role of sign language accessibility in unlocking pathways to safety for deaf people. Register here: https://lnkd.in/esfgm_CW

Our team at IRAP is growing, and we are excited to announce that we’re hiring for the new position of Vice President (VP), Development. If you have experience in fundraising strategy, development, and execution and are driven by IRAP’s mission of providing everyone with a safe place to live and a safe way to get there, we want to hear from you! Click here to apply to this role: https://lnkd.in/gWDPB-ww Click here to check out other openings at IRAP: https://lnkd.in/dTAEmyDZ

With an unprecedented 120 million people forcibly displaced worldwide, nearly 500 bipartisan state & local elected officials from all 50 states & Washington, D.C. are urging @POTUS to keep the promise: #ProtectRefuge & invest in refugee resettlement. https://lnkd.in/gGfBHNyk

Every call counts! We need your help to ensure that our country continues to serve as a safe haven for those seeking refuge. Will you take a moment to contact your state and local elected officials to show a stronger commitment to protecting the U.S. refugees resettlement program by signing on to the letter? Share this message with your network to amplify our impact. welcomingrefugees2025.org