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Syrian refugees in Lebanon top 100,000
World NowThe number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon has exceeded 100,000, the third country in the region to pass that mark, the United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday.... -
Nauru pushes higher fees for asylum seekers sent by Australia
World NowThe tiny nation of Nauru is pushing Australia to pay roughly $1,000 monthly for every asylum seeker it sends to the Pacific island. Australian immigration officials say the hike in visa fees is under discussion with Nauru but said it was “... -
Six drown offshore French territory Mayotte in Indian Ocean
World NowAt least six people drowned after a small boat capsized Monday near the French territory of Mayotte located between Mozambique and Madagascar, the United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday. Ten others are still missing. The deadly sinking is the second... -
U.S. has sent troops to Jordan-Syria border, Panetta says
World NowThe United States has sent troops to Jordan along its border with Syria to help the country cope if the raging conflict spills onto its soil, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told reporters Wednesday in Brussels. The revelation comes at a time of growing... -
Verdugo Views: A history with Vietnamese refugees
In the fall of 1975, several refugees from war-torn Vietnam arrived in Glendale. They had been attending orientation classes at Camp Pendleton and were still there when several local church members offered them temporary homes. None spoke English when...
Tags: Politics, Religion and Belief, Vietnam
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Somali refugees increasingly endangered in Kenya camp, agencies say
World NowThousands of Somali refugeesat risk in Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp, aid agencies warn: Eight aid agencies Thursday warned that 200,000 Somali refugees in Dadaab, the world's biggest refugee camp, face a crisis because of donor funding shortfalls.... -
Refugees need lots of helping hands
The first time I met Iraqi refugee Abbas Hameed Khalaf, he told me that after so much hardship for him and his family, "We have a future." A future is what's created every time one of these refugee families, fleeing persecution and terrible hardship in...
Tags: Politics, Social Services, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Roman Catholicism, Religion and Belief
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Iraqi man, once marked for death, reunited with family at LVIA
Have you ever tried to put yourself in someone else's head, imagining what he's thinking, what he's feeling? That's what I found myself doing late Tuesday night as Iraqi refugee Abbas Hameed Khalaf paced the sidewalk outside Lehigh Valley International...
Tags: Kennedy Airport, Washington, DC, Politics, Baghdad (Iraq), Iraq
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Recommendation Letter
Here is a portion of the Aug. 10 letter, slightly abridged and edited, written to U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent by Will Miller, then Catholic Charities refugee resettlement director, to urge Dent's support for helping getting Abbas Hameed Khalaf's family out...Tags: Charlie Dent, Baghdad (Iraq), Politics, Israel, Iraq
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Roanoke refugee family copes with power outage
WDBJ7 intern reporterDuring the past week, we've told dozens of stories about people left in the dark and the heat. We found another family's struggle as they wait for their power to come back on. Goma Neopaney and her family have had no power, no water and no AC for the...Tags: Politics
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A young survivor of genocide takes her message around the world
At 24, Clemantine Wamariya knows more about trauma and survival than most of us ever will. If we're lucky. When Wamariya was 6, she and her sister were forced to flee the ethnic killings in Rwanda, spending the next several years in a series of African...
Tags: Politics, Washington, DC, Human Rights, Hate Crimes, Oprah Winfrey
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County seeks federal money for Iraqi refugees
Fox 5 San Diego ReporterEL CAJON, Calif. -- San Diego County officials are in Washington D.C. this week asking federal lawmakers for $20 million in grants to help the local refugee population. Most of the refugees located in the county are Iraqi due to the large Chaldean...Tags: Politics
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|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Oct 20, 2012
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
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|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Jul 6, 2012
|Story| WDBJ7
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|Column| Chicago Tribune
May 29, 2012
|Story| KSWB-LTV
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