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{{short description|Jewish American nonprofit organization providing humanitarian aid and assistance to refugees}}

In the Middle East, HIAS helps Jewish and other religious minorities from Iran come to the U.S. In Israel, HIAS provides scholarships for those who have recently immigrated to the Jewish stateIsrael and assists African asylum seekers. The organization also supports the resettlement of refugees of the [[Syrian Civil War]] in Jordan.<ref>[http://www.jewishjournal.com/world/article/jewish_groups_sending_aid_to_syrian_refugees_in_jordan "Jewish groups sending aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan."] ''Jewish Journal''. July 25, 2013. July 25, 2013.</ref>

In Latin America, HIAS provides full-service counseling, legal services, and humanitarian assistance for Colombian refugees fleeing to Ecuador, Venezuela, and Venezuelathe United States. It also facilitates the resettlement and integration of refugees in Argentina and Uruguay. HIAS opened its newest Latin American office in Costa Rica, in February 2017.

Some records of HIAS from 1900 to 1970 (415 linear feet and 851 reels of microfilm) are currently held by [[YIVO]] Institute for Jewish Research and are available for research.<ref>{{cite web |title=HIAS Archive: HIAS and HICEM Main Office, New York |work=Guide to the YIVO Archives |url=http://www.yivoarchives.org/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=32625 |access-date=October 31, 2018}}</ref> Other records (more than 1,800 linear feet) are held by the [[American Jewish Historical Society]] (AJHS) and are currently being processed.<ref name="AJHS-HIAS">{{cite web |title=HIAS Collection I-363 |publisher=AJHS |url=http://www.ajhs.org/hias-home |access-date=October 31, 2018 |archive-date=May 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524024949/https://www.ajhs.org/hias-home |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Search the HIAS Client Database |publisher=AJHS |url=http://www.ajhs.org/hias-search |access-date=October 31, 2018 |archive-date=October 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009054947/https://ajhs.org/hias-search |url-status=dead }}</ref> The bulk of these records span from the late 1940s to the 1990s but some records (such as the meeting minutes of the board of directors) go back as far as 1912. These records will be available for research in late 2018.{{r|AJHS-HIAS}}

* [http://ajhs.org/hias-home American Jewish Historical Society HIAS institutional records archival processing project] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615225929/https://ajhs.org/hias-home |date=June 15, 2022 }}