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Angela Merkel Gave An Impassioned Plea For Refugees. Trump Ignored Her.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed her commitment to refugees during a press conference held after her meeting with President Donald Trump, who has actively fought to keep Syrian refugees out of the U.S. He totally dodged the topic in his response. “Immigration has to be worked on, but this has to be done by looking at […]
WANT TO SPONSOR REFUGEES? FREE WORKSHOPS SHOW PEOPLE HOW
Five months ago, Yellowknife welcomed the Alhajy family to the community, the first Syrian refugee family to arrive in the territory’s capital since the war began over five years ago. The Refugee Sponsorship Training Program is putting on the workshops in the city, providing information and discussion about Canada’s Private Refugee Sponsorship Program. The sessions will tackle the application […]
Syrian refugee community growing, and so is support from Fresno’s faithful
Watching: http://www.fresnobee.com/living/religion/article136349923.html A group of Syrian refugees and Christian churchgoers in Fresno met last year with a simple greeting: “Peace be upon you.” The members of Wesley United Methodist Church taught themselves how to say it in Arabic during a Sunday service before walking across their parking lot after church to introduce themselves to their new neighbors […]
Tennessee sues federal government over refugees
Tennessee became the first state in the nation on Monday to sue the federal government over refugee resettlement on the grounds of the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of several state lawmakers Monday morning in the western district of Tennessee, alleges that the federal government has violated the 10th Amendment, which […]
Starbucks hasn’t seen ‘substantive impact’ since vowing to hire refugees
Starbucks released a letter from a market research firm that refutes that the coffee giant’s brand perception dropped after the company vowed to hire 10,000 refugees in response to President Trump’s travel ban order. The market research firm, Kantar Millward Brown, has worked with Starbucks since 2013 to commission brand perception insights on behalf of the coffee chain. The […]
Two Malian refugees die in fire at farm workers’ camp in Italy
Two refugees from Mali have died after a fire broke out at a camp for farm workers in the southern Italian region of Puglia, two days after it had been ordered to be cleared. Investigators said they had not ruled out arson as a possible cause of the blaze, which consumed sections of a shantytown known as […]
Welcome Refugees, Churches Say in a Public Challenge to Trump
The fight against President Trump’s executive orders to turn away refugees, deport undocumented immigrants and build a wall along the Mexican border is about to escalate in many American churches. A broad network of 37 Protestant and Orthodox Christian denominations will announce on Friday a campaign to mobilize its congregants — some 30 million Americans in all […]
Trump Administration Weighs Increased Scrutiny Of Refugees’ Social Media
As President Trump prepares a new executive order on vetting refugees and immigrants, one idea keeps cropping up: checking the social media accounts of those coming to the U.S. In fact, such a program was begun under the Obama administration more than a year ago on a limited basis and is likely to be expanded. […]
A Haven for Europe’s Newest Refugees
The Norwegian Refugee Council is providing apartments for refugees stranded in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki, giving them a chance at regaining a normal life. When war came to the Syrian town of Kobani, the widow Shamza Misto fled with six of her eight children across the border to Turkey and then to […]
In a Syrian refugee camp: I would tell President Trump ‘to come and see’ us
Families crammed into ramshackle tents. Children playing amid garbage. Their parents, bewildered and fearful — with no place to go. That is life in Jdita, a settlement center for Syrian refugees in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. “What you see now is how we live every day,” says Hana Khalaf, surrounded by a half-dozen young children, her […]Donate Now
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