NEW YORK CITY
– During the fiscal year 2006 (Oct. ’05 through Sept. ’06), HIAS, the
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, resettled 1,754 refugees in the United
States.

HIAS, currently celebrating its 125 th anniversary, is the oldest
international migration and refugee resettlement agency in the United
States. Since it’s founding in 1881, the agency has rescued more then
4.5 million refugees, transporting them to America and other places of
safe haven around the world.

The breakdown of HIAS arrivals by area of origin, for 2006 is as follows: FSU, 713, Iran, 698, Africa, 241, Southeast Asia, 102.