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Matt Schiavenza

  • Senior Content Director and Managing Editor, HIAS
New York
As seen in: The Atlantic, Yahoo Finance, Fortune, Quartz, The Daily Beast, International Business Times (U.S.), Foreign Policy Magazine, Thrillist, Yahoo, Grist and
Editor and writer. On hiatus from Twitter. Reachable at matthew.schiavenza (at) gmail.com
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The Shameful Lesson of the 'St. Louis' is as Relevant as Ever

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By Matt Schiavenza
| hias.org
Jun 6, 2025 On May 13, 1939, the ocean liner St. Louis set sail from Hamburg, Germany with 907 Jews on board. The passengers were seeking refuge from rising Nazi persecution. The liner was refused entry first in Cuba and then the United States and was ultimately forced to turn back to Europe on June 6. Of those 907 passengers, 254 did not survive the war. The victims on the St. Louis represent a fraction of the six million souls murdered by the Nazis.
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Los derechos de los refugiados y la Administración Trump: Tercera semana

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By Matt Schiavenza
| Hecho En California
Desde su toma de posesión, el presidente Trump ha emitido cientos de órdenes ejecutivas, memorandos y proclamaciones, muchos de los cuales están directamente relacionados con la inmigración, el asilo y el reasentamiento de refugiados. Estas medidas, junto con otras órdenes ejecutivas y la legislación que se espera en las próximas semanas y meses, están a punto de remodelar la política de Estados Unidos de manera significativa.
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Israeli Court Grants Sudanese Asylum Seekers Temporary Status

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By Matt Schiavenza
| hias.org
By Matt Schiavenza Managing Editor A district court ruled on Monday that Israel’s Ministry of Interior must grant temporary residency to approximately 1,000 asylum seekers from Sudan, making them eligible for health care, social rights, and benefits. The ruling — the result of a HIAS Israel petition filed in November 2022 — is a significant victory for Israel’s Sudanese refugee community, many of whose members had fled war in their home country.
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