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Statement on United Nations Security Council Reauthorization of the Syria Cross-Border Mechanism
January 12th, 2023 /Washington, D.C. - On January 9th, 2023, through the current legal basis, the United Nations… Read more
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Syrians in US fear Trump may end their 'protected status'
January 25, 2018 /BOSTON, Massachusetts - Arab and Muslim civil rights advocates in the US are worried the Trump administration may end protections that allow thousands of Syrian citizens to live and work in the country after the cancellation of the same protections for more than 250,000 Salvadoran, Haitian and Nicaraguan nationals.
There are about 6,900 Syrian…
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Monzer: ‘I’ve always wanted democracy’
January 23, 2018 / Coco McCabeHe goes by Moe, his favorite character from The Simpsons. And it’s thanks to them--along with a hearty diet of American movies, shows, and…
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Letter to DHS: Humanitarian Organizations Call for the Renewal and Re-Designation of TPS for Syrians
January 22, 2018 /At the end of…
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Syrian-American Humanitarian Organizations Demand Protection for Syrians in the US
January 9, 2018 /Washington, DC (January 9, 2018)- The American Relief…
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Syrian-American Organizations Advocate for Refugee Education
December 1, 2017 / Haleluya HaderoWashington D.C. -- On October 25th, Syrian-American organizations, and members of…
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Humanitarian Aid Workers in Starving Eastern Ghouta Available for Interview
November 16, 2017 /For Immediate Release…
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Syrian Diaspora Organizations Issue Urgent Statement on the Situation in Eastern Ghouta
November 1, 2017 /November 1st, 2017 (…
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ARCS Advocacy Day 2017
October 31, 2017 / ARCS StaffOn October 25th, ARCS members from across the country came to Washington, D.C. to meet with their representatives and advocate on issues that have the most impact on their work. They spoke…
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ARCS Members Disturbed by Proposed Refugee Resettlement Numbers
September 15, 2017 /Washington, DC (September 15, 2017)- News reports this…
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My Year at ARCS
August 30, 2017 / Haleluya HaderoThis May, I concluded my full academic year internship with the American Relief Coalition for Syria; serving as the Communications/Advocacy/Marketing Intern during the Fall 2016 semester, and continuing on as the…
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Syrians Go Way Back
July 14, 2017 / Omneya MohamedThe first Arabs immigrated to the United States in the 1880s. Most of them came from Greater Syria, which is present-day Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, and Syria. Typically, immigrants made the journey to…
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World Refugee Day 2017
June 19, 2017 / Omneya MohamedThe United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was created in 1951, during the Second World War. The purpose of its creation was to help millions of Europeans who fled their countries and left…