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Israel's military says it used the wrong bombs in strike on a Gaza refugee center that killed at least 86 people
Thursday's statements appear to be the IDF's first admission that it used excessive force in its wa…
Sam Fellman
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Republicans are already trumpeting their opposition to accepting Palestinian refugees, even before Israeli forces enter Gaza
Hard-right lawmakers introduced a bill to block Palestinians from entering the US, and Gov. Ron DeS…
Bryan Metzger
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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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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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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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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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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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How much is a life worth? Refugee advocates ask Biden to waive fees for fleeing Afghans
Paying the fee does not guarantee application approval, and for families in the US seeking to spons…
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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41% of Americans support increasing the number of special visas for Afghans who aided US forces: Insider poll
Respondents were asked if the US should issue more or less visas to US-allied Afghans than the 19,0…
Bryan Metzger
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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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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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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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The US resettled more than 1,500 refugees in June, the most since Joe Biden became president
The total was the second-highest number since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic and the most since S…
Charles Davis
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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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Biden administration waives $575 filing fee for thousands of Afghans who fled Taliban rule
Refugee advocates asked for fees to be waived for people coming on "humanitarian parole."
Charles Davis
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GOP politicians are invoking white supremacist conspiracy theories to stoke fears about asylum-seekers and immigrants. Instead of debating policy, their language puts real lives at risk.
From fear-mongering about asylum-seekers at the Texas border to preemptively accusing Afghan refuge…
Jack Herrera
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Despite Taliban threat, the US has accepted fewer than 500 Afghan refugees this year
Afghan workers who helped the US government were accepted in slightly greater numbers under a diffe…
Charles Davis
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After 20 years of destruction, the US has a moral obligation to let in 1 million Afghan refugees
The US war in Afghanistan has displaced nearly 6 million people, and more are fleeing each day. The…
David Vine
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The Biden administration resettled fewer than 300 refugees in April, pacing for an historic low this year
The US is on track to resettle the fewest number of refugees on record, despite President Biden rec…