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New program allows American citizens to sponsor refugees fleeing violence and oppression
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — The State Department announced a new program to help facilitate refugees coming to and settling in the United States. It’s called Welcome Corps and aims to… Read More
![Ruhullah Rezai and his son Farhan shop for clothes after moving to Lexington from Afghanistan.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Ruhullah-and-Farhan-scaled-e1651508705800-900x422.jpg)
Refugees, evacuees find homes and support in the Ohio Valley
By: Corinne Boyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Ohio Valley ReSource · Refugees, evacuees find homes and support in the Ohio Valley LEXINGTON, Ky. (OVR) — On a warm April afternoon, Ruhullah Rezai, his wife Mahriya and son… Read More
![Refugees from Afghanistan, Syrian and Balkan Countries board a train in Munich, Germany.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/munich-germany-september-10-2015-refugees-from-syria-afghanistan-and-balkan-countries-hopping-on-the-next-train-at-the-main-station-in-munich-credit-jazzmany-shutterstock.com_-scaled-e1631908522651-900x422.jpg)
Refugees Are Coming To Ohio. Here’s Why And How They’re Doing It
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio received 855 refugees from Afghanistan so far. More could be coming in the future. Gov. Mike DeWine’s spokesman Dan Tierney said refugees themselves… Read More
![President Trump on Thursday ordered that the number of refugees allowed to resettle in the U.S. in the coming year be cut to 18,000, down from the administration's previous refugee ceiling of 30,000.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ap_19269637190097-08dc2739481166c089c34ff61b27c6d544152780-e1569606462263-900x422.jpg)
Trump Administration Drastically Cuts Number Of Refugees Allowed To Enter The U.S.
By: Bobby Allyn | NPR
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The limit of 18,000 represents the lowest number of refugees allowed into the country since the modern refugee program was established in 1980.
![In Kiribati, an island republic in the Central Pacific, large parts of the village Eita (above) have succumbed to flooding from the sea.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/gettyimages-495746004-1-b3b1608c1ff3c36ca6f3155c297dcc85bcc378fe-e1529509271935-900x422.jpg)
The Refugees That The World Barely Pays Attention To
By: Tim McDonnell | NPR
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They’re known as ‘climate refugees.’ But there’s not even an international definition for them, let alone recognition or protection.
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New Kentucky Home: From Battle Zone Refugee To Business Owner
By: Becca Schimmel | Ohio Valley ReSource
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The international refugee crisis caused by people fleeing the war-torn Middle East has been a high-profile issue in the presidential campaign. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton told CBS’s “Face the Nation”… Read More