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Why Jordan and Egypt are saying 'no' to accepting Palestinian refugees from Gaza
Egypt and Jordan said they won't take in Palestinian refugees fleeing Gaza. Being seen as complicit…
Joshua Zitser
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'The government is failing us': Afghan Americans have stepped up to assist Afghan refugees in the US as resettlement orgs struggle to meet demand
"A lot of them miss home, some of them, I think don't even know why they came at this point," Mirri…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Sponsor a refugee: US asks public to personally support resettlement of Afghan families
An estimated 53,000 Afghans are currently living on US military bases after undergoing extensive ba…
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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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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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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Bureaucratic red tape could leave thousands of Afghan refugees cut off from aid in the US
Cathryn Miller-Wilson, executive director of HIAS Pennsylvania, shares how the work has just begun …
Charles Davis
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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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Tens of thousands of Afghan refugees evacuated by US forces face a rigorous vetting process before they can come to America
More than 23,000 Afghans evacuated from Afghanistan have already entered the US between August 17 a…
Natalie Musumeci
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Agency official who's resettling Afghan refugees angry that US left allies behind: 'Our government has not kept its promise'
A State Department official estimated Wednesday that the US left behind "the majority" of special i…
Natalie Musumeci
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'We are this generation's Ellis Island': 45,000 Afghans housed at US Army bases are still waiting to be resettled
There are also about another 26,000 applications from Afghans who are looking to enter the US waiti…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Biden should airlift vulnerable people out of Afghanistan before US forces withdrawal, refugee group urges
Before leaving, the Biden administration is being urged to develop a plan to help protect Afghans w…
Charles Davis
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Some Afghan refugees plead to go home as UK's resettlement scheme Operation Warm Welcome runs into trouble, report says
One doctor told The Guardian that he's had to medicate some refugees due to the stress of being hou…
Bethany Dawson
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Democrats urge Biden to accept more refugees after failing to reach resettlement cap of 125,000
The United States is on track to fall well short of President Joe Biden's goal of accepting as many…
Charles R. 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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An end to the war, a stable job, and new friends: What Ukrainian refugees are wishing for most in the new year
Dmytro Yelenets, who moved from war-torn Odesa to Washington, told Insider he'd like to finally "se…
Yelena Dzhanova
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The US plans to take in 50,000 Afghans fleeing the Taliban and give up to $2,275 each in aid
Each evacuee could receive up to $2,275 to be spent on food, housing, or other necessities like enr…
Yelena Dzhanova
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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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A gay refugee from Afghanistan forced to live in a hotel with intolerant fellow exiles explains how his dreams of freedom have been thwarted
A gay Afghan refugee told Insider that his dreams of living an out-and-proud life have been put on …
Joshua Zitser,Alia Shoaib
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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…