Refugee

CNN Hero Uses Soccer, Mentoring To Help Young Refugees Transition To U.S.

Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Beirut, Yalla, Lebanon, Video, California, San Diego, Soccer, Khalid Yohana, Spring-Into-Action, Mark Kabban, Refugee, CNN Heroes, Iraq, Impact News

Mark Kabban was just 9-years-old when he and his family moved from Beirut to the United States. Now, he's making sure other refugees have a smooth tra...

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WATCH: Herding Goats In The City

Daniel Klein | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Daniel Klein, Sustainable Design, Mirra Fine, Burundi, Louisville, Kentucky, Perennial Plate, Goats, Refugee, Food News
Daniel Klein

It's not often that you look out your suburban backyard to find a man herding goats, but that is what people in one neighborhood in Louisville experie...

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My Immigrant Story (25 Years Later)

Voto Latino | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Guerrilleros, Immigration, Refugee, El Salvador, Immigrant Story, Latino Voices News
Voto Latino

I once asked my parents if things were really so bad in El Salvador that all the struggles we've had here in the U.S. have been worth it, and the answer from both of them was, without hesitation, yes.

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Prioritizing Reproductive Health, Empowering Women and Girls

Sarah Costa | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Girls, Women, Reproductive Health, Family Planning, Refugee, Maternal Health, Reproductive Rights, Displaced, Global Motherhood, Impact News
Sarah Costa

Reproductive health care and women's empowerment go hand in hand. Sometimes, especially in remote settings, access to reproductive health care is also a question of life and death.

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WATCH: An Inspiring Refugee Farm

Daniel Klein | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Bhutanese, Perennial Plate, Daniel Klein, Mirra Fine, Atlanta, Refugee, Community Garden, Sustainable, Food News
Daniel Klein

On our way through Atlanta we stopped at a very diverse community garden run by Friends of Refugees. It's home to the vegetable patches of Iraqis, Bu...

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Villa for the Blind (PHOTOS)

Arthur Nazaryan | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Karen, Poverty, Conflict, Burma, Care Villa, Mae La, Refugee, Thailand, Myanmar, Handicapped, Slidefreestyle, Exposure, Photography, Photos, Photojournalism, World News
Arthur Nazaryan

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Waiting for Dadaab (PHOTOS)

Arthur Nazaryan | Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Africa, Famine, Somalia, Refugee, Kenya, Dadaab Refugee Camp, Slidefreestyle, Dadaab, Exposure, Somalia Refugees, World News
Arthur Nazaryan

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Independence Day

Victoria Uwonkunda | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Rwanda Genocide, Refugee, Darfur Genocide, Un, South Sudan Independence, World News
Victoria Uwonkunda

A few days into their new life as an independent country, South Sudan has a long and steep road ahead of them.

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Living Life as a Refugee

Cheryl Saban Ph.D. | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Refugee, Africa, World Refugee Day, Refugees, World News
Cheryl Saban Ph.D.

On World Refugee Day it is our duty to remember that refugees are at risk. It is known that they face murder, rape and terror. And if not these horrible options, these individuals face uncertainty, fear and illiteracy.

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Celebrating a Compassionate Friend: David/Sonia Burgess

Kate Saunders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Law, Transgender, Human Rights, Obituary, Tibet, Refugee, Transgender Issues, Torture, Impact News
Kate Saunders

David, known as the finest immigration lawyer of his generation, crossed boundaries in his personal as well as professional life.

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Elise Foley

Refugee Programs Struggle Without Funding Increase

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Refugee Camps, Refugee, Refugees, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Senate's decision last week to fund the government through a continuing resolution instead of an omnibus appropriations bill could h...

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Australia's Blackwater Update: Christmas Island Detainees Sew Lips Together

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prison, Australia Refugees, Blackwater, Privatization, Josefa Rauluni, Refugee, Christmas Island, Refugee Prisons, Refugees, Serco, Villawood, World News
Allison Kilkenny

A private security company named Serco manages and operates the centers in Christmas Island, Perth, Darwin, Melbourne and Sydney where detainees have recently committed suicide, spurring protests.

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Peace at Last? No thanks to the State Department ...

Roger Warner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Central Intelligence Agency, Vang Pao, Laos, Hmong, Bill Lair, Refugee, Roger Warner, C.I.A., World News
Roger Warner

A tentative deal between the Laotian government, anti-government guerrillas, and expatriated Lao refugees could finally bring an end to a little-known conflict that grew out of the Vietnam War.

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Refugees Relocated To United States Struggle With Homelessness

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Refugee, Homeless Families, Homeless Refugee, Impact News

Of the 80,000 refugees from war-torn areas around the world that will be resettled in the United States this year, many may face homelessness in their...

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"The Last Thing to Lose are Your Dignity and Hope": Haitian Refugee Camps Model Future Society (Part II)

Beverly Bell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Housing, Refugee, Women, Haiti Reconstruction, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, Haiti Aid, World News
Beverly Bell

If one positive thing has come from the earthquake of January 12, it is the greater inclusion of Haiti in the human family. True, the catastrophe has ...

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The Real Refugees of Kakuma County

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hurricane Katrina, Kosovo, Refugee, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Refugees, FilmAid International, Kakuma, World News
Reporters Uncensored

This week we're profiling FilmAid International, a non-profit organization that aims to bring the healing and educating power of cinema to refugees in the most desperate situations.

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"You Need to Hear From the People:" Communicating From Haiti's Refugee Camps

Beverly Bell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Earthquake, Refugee, Women, Radio, Housing, Help Haiti, Haiti, Haiti Aid, Impact News
Beverly Bell

Almost two million people out of a population of nine million are currently homeless or displaced. Recently, one 22-year-old woman took it upon herself to let the world know what life is like in Haiti's camps.

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The Right to Housing in Haiti (The Urgency of Housing Part III)

Beverly Bell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Housing, Refugee, Help Haiti, Haiti Reconstruction, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, Haiti Aid, Impact News
Beverly Bell

People need somewhere to live to stay out of the rain, so they don't get sick, so they don't get wet, so they can sleep at night. That's their right.

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World Refugee Day: Remember the Millions Displaced Around the World

Rory Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Refugee, Slideshow, World Refugee Day, Refugees, Sudan, Chad, Haiti, World News
Rory Anderson

For too many people around the world, displacement is a regular part of their lives, and there is no end in sight.

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A Helping Hand, Then a Slap in the Face: U.S. Immigration Enforcement Policies Cause More Suffering

Marjorie Valbrun | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Earthquake, John Morton, Janet Napolitano, Haiti, Haitian-American, Immigration, Immigrant, Refugee, Immigration Detention, Ice, TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS, World News
Marjorie Valbrun

It was with deep disappointment that we learned last week that some of the people who were evacuated from Haiti by U.S. Marines in the chaotic days after the earthquake had been jailed in immigration detention centers from the first day they arrived here.

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United Nations Attacks Refugee Camp, Protests Mount

Beverly Bell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Earthquake, Refugee, Un, Help Haiti, Haiti Aid, Haiti, World News
Beverly Bell

Last week, the United Nations peacekeeping mission fired tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowded refugee camp, leaving at least six hospitalized an...

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Help Light Haiti

Anne Dilenschneider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti Emergency, Tonga, BoGo Lights, Refugee, SunNight Solar, Haiti Relief Efforts, Afghan Women, Donate to Haiti Earthquake, Help Haiti Earthquake, Clinton Global Initiative, Clinton, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Women, Uganda, Haiti Donations, Solar Light, Light Haiti, Help Haiti, Buy One Give One, Haiti Relief, Support Haiti, Solar Powered, Haiti, Disaster Relief, How to Help Haiti, Haiti Disaster Relief, Sudan, Disaster in Haiti, Kenya, Fugnido, Suari, Kutch, Impact News
Anne Dilenschneider

Even before the earthquake, 85% of Haitians did not have electricity. Now the situation is even worse. For $10, you can empower a group of 10 people in Haiti for 10 years by providing a solar-powered light.

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Billie Jean in Baghdad

Kathryn Schulz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraqi Refugees, Michael Jackson, This Is It, Michael Jackson Death, Middle East, Iraq Violence, Iraq War, War in Iraq, War, Iraqi, Refugee, Iraq, Syria, Michael Jackson Movie, Teenagers, Entertainment News
Kathryn Schulz

For every five people who have read Lolita in Tehran, roughly a billion have tried, in the privacy of their own rooms, to master the moonwalk.

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Stranded Asylum Seeker Speaks Out

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Asylum Seekers, Asylum Seekers Boat, Australia, Sri Lanka, Sanjeev Alex Kuhendrajah, West Java, Refugee, Asylum Seekers Stranded, Video, Impact News

A fishing boat full of Sri Lankan asylum seekers stranded on their way to Australia has a reluctant spokesman, CNN reports. The boat was intercepted ...

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Business-Building Telenovela Launches for Female Immigrant and Refugee Entrepreneurs [VIDEO]

Emily Goligoski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Telenovela, Immigration, Refugee, Financial Planning, Startup Business, English, Ceo Women, Haiti Earthquake, Impact News
Emily Goligoski

CEO Women's new telenovela series is helping low-income women start their own businesses from home.

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