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Learn MoreAbout 60 million people around the globe have been forced to leave their homes to escape war, violence and persecution. The majority have become Internally Displaced Persons, meaning they fled their homes but are still in their own countries. Others, referred to as refugees, sought shelter outside their own country. But what does that term really mean? Benedetta Berti and Evelien Borgman explain.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The administration this week proposed a historically low refugee admissions ceiling of 18,000 for Fiscal Year 2020, the lowest number in the more than 40-year history of the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program. The administration took a step further by issuing an executive......
27 September, 2019
by Tamar Farchy, AmeriCorps VISTA As the Community Engagement VISTA, I worked with the Disaster Recovery Program to build its capacity to better serve the community by coordinating resources, engaging in organizational development, and implementing systems to help the program operate more efficiently. As part......
30 August, 2019
Amtul and her son came to Houston as refugees from Pakistan in November 2017. When she arrived, Amtul knew nothing about U.S. laws, the healthcare system, and other essential knowledge she needed to be able to adjust to her new home. In Pakistan, she had......
26 August, 2019