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Groups that resettle refugees are struggling to find enough staff, funding, and housing for 50,000 incoming Afghans
Refugees can't even furnish an apartment with the funds the US government provides, one agency lead…
Kenneth Niemeyer,Charles Davis
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A GOP rep. claimed that allowing 'poorly-vetted' Afghan refugees to come to the US could lead to 'little girls raped and killed in the streets'
Republican Rep. Scott Perry was one of the 16 Republicans who voted against the bipartisan Allies A…
Cheryl Teh
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The Catholic Church is urging President Biden to accept a lot more refugees
Bishop Mario Dorsonville said the number of refugees being admitted "is far short of what we can do…
Charles Davis
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Tucker Carlson says Afghan refugees will 'invade' the US and over the next decade their numbers 'may swell to the millions'
Fox host Tucker Carlson said there might be "millions" of Afghan refugees resettling in the US over…
Cheryl Teh
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AOC says US should be treating all refugees the way the world is treating Ukrainian refugees
"We really need to make sure that when we talk about accepting refugees that we are meaning it for …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Following uproar, White House says it will raise this year's cap on refugee admissions - but not yet
The Biden administration says it is "unlikely" to accept as many as 62,500 refugees this fiscal yea…
Charles Davis
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Frustrated with Biden, evangelical leaders are tightening the screws, calling resettlement of Afghan refugees a 'moral urgency'
The Biden administration has resettled fewer than 500 Afghan refugees, frustrating religious leader…
Charles Davis
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Biden is raising the 2021 refugee cap to 62,500, but says 'the sad truth' is he will likely not achieve it
President Biden is preparing to raise this year's refugee cap from the historic low set by his pred…
Charles Davis
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How Moldova, with a population smaller than Los Angeles, is accepting more Ukrainian refugees per capita than any other country
Insider reports from the Eastern European nation of 3 million people that is now hosting nearly 100…
Charles R. Davis
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The Russia-Ukraine war could spawn an 'overwhelming' refugee crisis of up to 4 million people, UN warns
The potential flood of refugees could be greater than the crisis caused by the ongoing Syrian Civil…
Jake Epstein
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Refugee aid group leader implores the Biden administration to make it easier for Afghans to resettle in the US
Erol Kekic told Insider his organization, World Church Service, expects to aid around 10,000 Specia…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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A new low: In Biden's first year, the US is on track to resettle even fewer refugees than under Trump
Fewer than 10,000 refugees will be resettled by October, the lowest since at least 1975 and far bel…
Charles Davis
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Refugee resettlements tripled in May for the highest total in 2021 as Biden rebuilds admissions program
The US resettled more than 900 refugees in May compared to just 272 the month before and the highes…
Charles Davis
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Airbnb says it will temporarily house 20,000 Afghan refugees
Airbnb says it will match Afghan refugees with hosts offering their homes for free or at a discount…
Francis Agustin
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'Pimps' are stalking Poland's railway stations and border crossings targeting vulnerable women and children refugees fleeing Ukraine, charity groups warn
A charity worker in Poland said predators were luring female Ukrainian refugees into cars, and some…
Alia Shoaib
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Biden said the US was committed to accepting more refugees. So where are they?
Officials at US refugee agencies told Insider rebuilding the resettlement program will not be easy,…
Charles Davis
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Ukraine's Western neighbors are preparing for millions of possible refugees if Russia attacks
Polish officials said they are planning for up to a million Ukrainian refugees. Meanwhile, Romania …
Erin Snodgrass
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Refugee camp of Ukrainians at the US-Mexico border sees a sharp increase of arrivals, report says
President Joe Biden recently announced that the US would welcome up to 100,000 refugees from Ukrain…
Bethany Dawson
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Hundreds of miles from Kabul, videos show a sea of people flooding Afghanistan's border with Pakistan in a desperate bid to flee the country
Pakistan in July said that it had reached its limit and cannot accept additional Afghan refugees.
Cheryl Teh
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How some Ukrainians are observing Passover this year, from South Florida to Odesa
Some Ukrainians are spending Passover in the war-torn country, as refugees in Poland, and in the ho…