Topic: Asylum

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Dec 10, 2025

The U.S. Betrays Its Promise to Welcome Refugees

HIAS and local New York City partners host a vigil to reclaim our commitment to welcoming immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers to the United States on June 16, 2025 (Lindsay Kagalis/HIAS). HIAS is profoundly concerned for the safety of refugees, and for the direction of the United States, which has represented welcome for generations.

HIAS and local New York City partners host a vigil to reclaim our commitment to welcoming immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers to the United States on June 16, 2025 (Lindsay Kagalis/HIAS).

Dec 5, 2025

The Trump Administration’s Alarming New Attacks on Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Community members hold banners as they show up to a press conference to demand accountability from Target after ICE agents were spotted staging at the parking lot in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., on December 4, 2025. (Christopher Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images) The Trump Administration has announced sweeping restrictions to immigration, including harmful changes that will hurt refugees and asylum seekers.

Community members hold banners as they show up to a press conference to demand accountability from Target after ICE agents were spotted staging at the parking lot in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., on December 4, 2025. (Christopher Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Nov 13, 2025

HIAS Calls for the Resumption of SNAP for Refugees, Asylees

HIAS Calls for the Resumption of SNAP for Refugees, Asylees

HIAS Calls for the Resumption of SNAP for Refugees, Asylees

Nov 11, 2025

Ακόμα μια δικαίωση προσφύγων απέναντι σε κατηγορίες για παράνομη μεταφορά αλλοδαπών

Ακόμα μια δικαίωση προσφύγων απέναντι σε κατηγορίες για παράνομη μεταφορά αλλοδαπών Η HIAS Greece εκπροσώπησε δύο Σουδανούς αιτούντες άσυλο που κατηγορούνταν για παράνομη μεταφορά αλλοδαπών στην Ελλάδα και παράνομη είσοδο στη χώρα. Το δικαστήριο αθώωσε ομόφωνα τους κατηγορούμενους από την κατηγορία της λαθρεμπορίας, αποδεχόμενο ότι ο μοναδικός τους σκοπός ήταν να φτάσουν με ασφάλεια στην Ευρώπη, όπου θα μπορούσαν να υποβάλουν αίτηση ασύλου.

Ακόμα μια δικαίωση προσφύγων απέναντι σε κατηγορίες για παράνομη μεταφορά αλλοδαπών

Nov 11, 2025

Another Vindication of Refugees Against Charges of Illegal Transportation of Foreigners

Another Vindication of Refugees Against Charges of Illegal Transportation of Foreigners HIAS Greece represented two Sudanese asylum seekers accused of illegally transporting foreigners to Greece and illegally entering the country. The court unanimously acquitted the defendants of the charge of smuggling, accepting that their sole purpose was to reach Europe safely, where they could apply for asylum.

Another Vindication of Refugees Against Charges of Illegal Transportation of Foreigners

Sep 17, 2025

Ενώπιον της Κομισιόν η αναστολή του δικαιώματος στο Άσυλο

Ενώπιον της Κομισιόν η αναστολή του δικαιώματος στο Άσυλο Με καταγγελία που κατέθεσαν στις 11 Σεπτεμβρίου, τέσσερις οργανώσεις της κοινωνίας των πολιτών καλούμε την Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή να κινήσει άμεσα νομικές διαδικασίες κατά της τρίμηνης αναστολής του δικαιώματος στο άσυλο και άμεσης απέλασης που ισχύουν για τους ανθρώπους που φτάνουν στην Ελλάδα από τη Βόρεια Αφρική μέσω θαλάσσης.

Ενώπιον της Κομισιόν η αναστολή του δικαιώματος στο Άσυλο

Sep 17, 2025

European Commission Must Respond to Suspension of the Right to Asylum in Greece

European Commission Must Respond to Suspension of the Right to Asylum in Greece HIAS Greece and partners call on the European Commission to immediately initiate legal proceedings against Greece’s three-month suspension of the right to asylum and immediate deportation applied to people arriving from North Africa by sea.

European Commission Must Respond to Suspension of the Right to Asylum in Greece

Aug 29, 2025

The Trump Administration’s Attack on Female Asylum Seekers — What You Need to Know

A woman comforts another woman at a shelter. A recent decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals places female asylum seekers at risk of being sent back to where they had fled.

A woman comforts another woman at a shelter.

Aug 15, 2025

Racing Against the Clock, a Chadian Family Reunites

Racing Against the Clock, a Chadian Family Reunites After 11 years and many setbacks, Rahman and his four sons are finally together, safe, in the United States.

Racing Against the Clock, a Chadian Family Reunites

Jul 28, 2025

Refugees in the United Kingdom: What You Need to Know 

An interforce officer helps a woman on the beach at Dungeness on the southeast coast of England after she disembarked from a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat after being picked up at sea with other migrants while attempting to cross the English Channel from France on August 16, 2023. (Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images) Learn more about the current landscape for refugees in the U.K. and how HIAS+JCORE provides support to displaced people. 

An interforce officer helps a woman on the beach at Dungeness on the southeast coast of England after she disembarked from a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat after being picked up at sea with other migrants while attempting to cross the English Channel from France on August 16, 2023. (Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images)

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