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News Articles: refugee

The State Department seal is seen on the briefing room lectern at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 31, 2022.

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  • National

A new program lets private citizens sponsor refugees in the U.S.

The State Department program, dubbed the Welcome Corps, would give Americans a role in resettling thousands of refugees who arrive every year.

January 19, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Olha Abakumova is an opera singer and a member of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Philharmonic and a music teacher. When she came to the U.S. with her daughter, she made sure to find room in her suitcase for her most treasured sheet music for Ukrainian arias that she sings.

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  • Global Health

When she left Ukraine, an opera singer made room for a most precious possession

She and her daughter carried one small suitcase for toiletries, clothes and shoes. But she made sure she had room for a few items with deep sentimental value.

November 07, 2022
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  • Jodi Hilton
portrait of a man's face

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  • Health

The threat of drug-resistant infections is worsening. Refugees are at the highest risk

A new report from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention concludes that the threat of antimicrobial-resistant infections is not only still present but has gotten worse — with resistant hospital-onset infections and deaths both increasing at least 15% during the first year of the pandemic. Research from the University of Georgia shows the refugee community is most at risk.

July 25, 2022
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  • Ellen Eldridge
African residents in Ukraine wait at the platform inside the Lviv railway station on Sunday in Lviv in western Ukraine.

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  • Europe

Europe welcomes Ukrainian refugees but others, less so

The hospitality greeting Ukrainians fleeing the violence in their native country has highlighted the stark differences in treatment given to migrants and refugees from the Middle East and Africa.

February 28, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Omar Mohamed, left, and his brother, Hassan. In the graphic memoir he coauthored, <em>When Stars Are Scattered, </em>Mohamed shares what their life was like in the refugee camps in Kenya — and their journey to resettlement in the U.S.

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  • Global Health

A refugee at 4, he felt like a lost star. Now his voice shines in a graphic memoir

When Stars Are Scattered is the story of Omar Mohamed's years at a refugee camp in Kenya. He cared for his brother and found the courage to dream big. The book was a National Book Awards finalist.

October 16, 2021
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  • Jacky Habib
Dr. Saleema Rehman stands outside Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The Afghan refugee of Turkmen origin has won UNHCR's Nansen Award for her work helping refugee moms and babies in Pakistan.

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  • Global Health

An Afghan refugee girl grew up to be a prize-winning doc — with a little help from dad

From the moment Saleema Rehman was born, her father believed she was destined to be a doctor. Now she is the winner of a top U.N. award for her work helping displaced women in Pakistan.

October 05, 2021
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  • Ruchi Kumar
Imam Mohamed Herbert of the Islamic Society of Tulsa, the city's only mosque, whose congregation is preparing to aid in resettling the 850 Afghan refugees bound for the city.

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  • Politics

Oklahoma Welcomes Hundreds Of Afghan Refugees — Despite The State GOP's Objections

Oklahoma is welcoming more Afghan refugees than any state besides California and Texas. The state Republican party opposes it, but elected GOP leaders are defying it and eager to help new arrivals.

September 29, 2021
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  • Chris Polansky
In this Sept. 25, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump elbow bumps with Herschel Walker during a campaign rally in Atlanta.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Will Policy Or Personality Drive Walker Run?; Bourdeaux Makes Political Gamble

Wednesday on Political Rewind: The guessing game is over — Herschel Walker filed paperwork yesterday to run for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock in 2022. Polling reveals Walker’s name recognition is high in the state. The storied college football star has long been touted by former President Donald Trump as his pick for the key Senate race.

August 25, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Afghan women look at the skyline of Kabul in September.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Welcoming (And Supporting) Refugees Amid The Chaos And Heartbreak Of Resettling

While the fate of many desperate Afghans remains uncertain, some will find their way out to become refugees in the United States and here in Georgia. Our panel looked at the complicated regulations that may pose a barrier for helping those looking to escape to America, and at the political implications of accepting refugees.

August 19, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Clarkston Community Health Center

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  • Health

Combating COVID-19 Conspiracies To Reach Georgia’s Vaccine Hesitant In Cultures Where It’s Taboo

Workers at the Clarkston Community Health Center are in a fight against vaccine hesitancy. Immigrants, many refugees, make up  more than half of the residents in this city of about 13,000 people. The population is at high risk of contracting the virus and, community leaders say, among the hardest to convince to be vaccinated.

July 28, 2021
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  • Riley Bunch

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  • Health

CDC Grants Project $500K To Reduce Vaccine Hesitancy In Refugee Community

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is awarding a $500,000 grant to help reduce vaccine hesitancy in the city of Clarkston.

June 21, 2021
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  • Ellen Eldridge
In this March 31, 2019, photo, women speak to guards at the gate that closes off the section for foreign families who lived in the Islamic State's so-called caliphate, at al-Hol camp in Hasakeh province, Syria.

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  • World

No Country Will Take Them: Alleged ISIS Widow With Kids The Latest Of Many In Limbo

The case of a woman who reportedly married ISIS fighters and is now stuck in Turkey with her young children has become the subject of a diplomatic dispute between Australia and New Zealand.

March 26, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Yazidi refugees from Iraq are among those fleeing religious persecution. The Biden administration promises to allow refugees into the U.S. at much higher numbers than the Trump administration did.

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  • Religion

Biden Gives New Hope To Refugees Fleeing Religious Persecution

Joe Biden intends to admit 125,000 refugees in his first year. Many will be fleeing religious persecution. While highlighting persecution, President Trump cut refugee admissions to 15,000.

November 20, 2020
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  • Tom Gjelten
Two doctors with blue hairnets, blue medical scrubs, and masks stand in front of an orange medical tent surrounded by orange traffic cones.

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  • Health

As Vulnerable Populations Confront COVID-19 Realities, Doctors Go 'Beyond The Exam Room' To Help

A frontline doctor and advocate for Georgia's immigrant and refugee populations on supporting and encouraging some of the people most vulnerable to COVID-19.

August 27, 2020
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  • Pria Mahadevan and
  • Virginia Prescott
Ted Terry is the mayor of Clarkston, a large refugee community located near Atlanta.

Georgia Refugee Community Prepares For Travel Ban

President Trump’s executive orders concerning immigrants and refugees have upset a lot of people across the country. The town of Clarkston, Georgia is...

February 01, 2017
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Sean Powers

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