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Iraqi Refugees: An Ongoing Crisis, a Broken Obligation

Sep 29, 2011: 7pm- 9pm
Becca Heller, Director of the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project, will give a talk called “Iraqi Refugees, An Ongoing Crisis, A Broken Obligation” at the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Student Center Room 202, in Albany. Speaking from extensive experience advocating for Iraqi refugees, Ms. Heller will talk about the dilemma of Iraqi refugees stranded for years in neighboring countries after fleeing the violence and persecution resulting from the war in Iraq. The Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) organizes law students and attorneys to provide legal representation to Iraqi refugees and a chapter of IRAP is being established at the Albany Law School. There are currently close to 400 Iraqi refugees resettled in the Albany Capital District. For more information contact the Iraqi Refugee Project at 392-9477 or check www.womenagainstwar.org. For more information about IRAP check www.iraqirefugee.us. The talk is sponsored by the Iraqi Refugee Project of Albany (a coalition of Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace, Women Against War and Women’s Association for Family Affairs), the Albany Law School Chapter of Amnesty International, the International Law Society, and USCRI Albany. The event is free and open to the public. On Thursday, September 29 at 7 p.m.