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News Articles: refugees

Afghan Special Immigrant Visa applicants crowd into the Herat Kabul Internet cafe, seeking help applying for the SIV program on Aug. 8, 2021, in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban took over Afghanistan a week later. More than 74,000 applicants remain in the backlog of the SIV program, designed to help those who served the U.S. overseas.

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Since the Taliban takeover, Afghans hoping to leave Afghanistan have few ways out

A year after the U.S. withdrawal, tens of thousands of applicants remain stuck in the backlog of the Special Immigrant Visa program, designed to help those who served the U.S. overseas.

October 03, 2022
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By:
  • D. Parvaz
Ukrainian refugee Anastasiia Ivanova reads the Bible on the terrace of the apartment in Prudentópolis, Brazil, where she now lives with her mother and siblings. The devout 22-year-old says her faith is what's helped her get through all of her trials. She brought her Bible with her when the family fled Kharkiv.

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  • Latin America

PHOTOS: Ukrainian refugees feel surprisingly at home in Brazil's 'Little Ukraine'

Eight families fled the war and traveled 5,000 miles to Brazil to live in a town settled by Ukrainians over a century ago. The language and customs — and kindnesses — have eased their transition.

August 23, 2022
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By:
  • Jill Langlois and
  • Photos by Gabriela Portilho
Palestinian American comedian Mohammed Amer stars in <em>Mo</em>, a new Netflix series out Wednesday.

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  • Movies

Mohammed Amer's new series explores the tragedy and comedy in the refugee experience

Mohammed Amer has spoken about his family's experience as Palestinian refugees in standup comedy. He spent nearly a decade turning it into a television series, which is arriving on Netflix this week.

August 23, 2022
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By:
  • Leila Fadel and
  • Phil Harrell
Burundian refugee Richard Samuel, 14, holds his homemade guitar as he waits to be transferred to Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania in 2015.

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  • Global Health

Opinion: From Kigoma to Kyiv, refugees everywhere deserve quality health care

After visiting Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania, two trainees in medicine and public health at Johns Hopkins reflect on disparities in the quality of medical and surgical care provided to refugees.

June 15, 2022
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By:
  • Alexander Blum and
  • Zachary Enumah
Burundian refugee Richard Samuel, 14, holds his homemade guitar as he waits to be transferred to Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania in 2015.

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  • Global Health

Opinion: From Kigoma to Kyiv, refugees everywhere deserve quality health care

After visiting Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania, two trainees in medicine and public health at Johns Hopkins reflect on disparities in the quality of medical and surgical care provided to refugees.

June 15, 2022
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By:
  • Alexander Blum and
  • Zachary Enumah
A young migrant cries after illegally crossing the Rio Grande River with her family in Eagle Pass, Texas, on May 22, 2022.

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  • World

A record 100 million people have been forced from their homes

Violence and natural disasters are fueling the surge in the number of people displaced, the U.N. says in a new report.

May 23, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Raise Grigorievna Dreama's daughters Malina (left) and Ramina (center) and her granddaughter Monica (right) sit in their room at a temporary Chisinau housing center for refugees, mostly hosting people from the Roma community and other minority groups from Ukraine, in April.

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  • World

Roma refugees who fled from Ukraine to Moldova are now in limbo

Many slipped across the border as the war began, but lack passports or other official forms of ID. They struggle to prove their eligibility for humanitarian aid — and to cross into other countries.

May 21, 2022
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By:
  • Betsy Joles
Ukrainian refugee Alina Archipova gives her daughter medication at a temporary shelter in Berlin, Germany, on March 10.

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  • Global Health

What's a good word for the welcome given to Ukrainian refugees in Europe? 'Generous'

That's how Paul Spiegel characterizes the reception — and medical services — offered by European nations. He spent 7 weeks on the scene for the World Health Organization to assess the situation.

May 05, 2022
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By:
  • Diane Cole
Joseph Feny is living in a one-bedroom apartment with friends Anet Pchelnikova and Natasha Madichanska, and Madichanska's twin daughters Yulia (left) and Alesandra, 10. They all fled Kyiv for Bulgaria earlier this month.

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  • World

Orthodox Easter will be very different this year for thousands of Ukrainian refugees

This weekend would normally be a celebratory one for Ukrainians. But Easter Sunday marks two months since the latest Russian invasion. More than 40,000 refugees have found themselves in Bulgaria.

April 23, 2022
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By:
  • Meghan Collins Sullivan
Joseph Feny is living in a one-bedroom apartment with friends Anet Pchelnikova and Natasha Madichanska, and Madichanska's twin daughters Yulia (left) and Alesandra, 10. They all fled Kyiv for Bulgaria earlier this month.

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  • World

Orthodox Easter will be very different this year for thousands of Ukrainian refugees

This weekend would normally be a celebratory one for Ukrainians. But Easter Sunday marks two months since the latest Russian invasion. More than 40,000 refugees have found themselves in Bulgaria.

April 23, 2022
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By:
  • Meghan Collins Sullivan
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, by the RNLI, following a small boat incident in the Channel, Thursday April 14, 2022.

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  • World

U.K. plan to fly asylum-seekers to Rwanda draws outrage

Britain announced a deal with Rwanda on Thursday to send asylum-seekers thousands of miles to the East African country, which it said would deter people-smugglers, but has been called inhumane.

April 15, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Alla Ilyinichna Sinelnikova (left), 90, and Sonya Leibovna Tartakovskaya, 83, were recently evacuated from Ukraine to Germany. Both are survivors of the Holocaust, and this is the second time they are fleeing war. "I never thought I would live to see such horror for the second time in my life," says Sinelnikova. "I thought it was in my past, all over and done with. And now we're reliving it."

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  • World

Ukrainian Holocaust survivors flee war again — this time to Germany

Germany has welcomed dozens of the oldest refugees fleeing Ukraine — those who survived the Holocaust during World War II. They've now narrowly escaped death for the second time in their lives.

April 12, 2022
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By:
  • Esme Nicholson
People who fled the war in Ukraine and members of the Ukrainian diaspora pray in an Orthodox church in Krakow on Sunday.

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  • World

Krakow, Poland's second-largest city, strains to accommodate Ukrainian refugees

More than 150,000 displaced Ukrainians now live in Krakow, increasing the population by 20% in just a few weeks. Now the city is helping them find long-term housing, jobs and spots in schools.

April 06, 2022
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis
Davide Martello, an Italian man living in Germany, plays the piano for people who have fled Ukraine at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland.

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  • Europe

Near the Polish border, a musician plays music to welcome those fleeing Ukraine

Refugees streaming across the border at the Medyka border crossing into Poland leave behind the air raid sirens and the sounds of war and are welcomed by musician Davide Martello.

April 05, 2022
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By:
  • Juana Summers,
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • and 3 more
Nastia Stefanovich, a volunteer at the distribution center in Lviv for goods donated for Ukrainians in need, points out the piles of clothes that have been arriving.

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  • Global Health

Donated clothes help in Ukraine. But here's one thing aid experts like better

Donations are pouring in — but they don't always address the needs of the many displaced and homeless Ukrainians who've lost practically everything they own.

March 22, 2022
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  • Jason Beaubien
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