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Tag: Refugees

Rohingya Refugee Camp

Finding New Settlement Areas for Refugees

November 5, 2021 Arthur Lieber Activism, Climate Change, Refugees, Science Leave a comment

It is interesting how in the United States and most other industrialized countries, increasing emphasis is placed on rebuilding and expanding its built infrastructure. An important question is largely going unasked. Where do these ribbons of concrete take us; do their paths take into consideration how our land is changing due to climate change.

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Venezuela

Imagine yourself in the nightmare that is Venezuela today

August 28, 2018 Christopher Burke Economy, Foreign Policy, Immigration, International 2 comments

Something monumental, and not in a good way, is going on in Venezuela. You might need to get out a map of South America

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border walls

Where the border walls are: Spoiler alert — everywhere

July 18, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Human Rights, Immigration, International Leave a comment

The U.S-Mexico border wall may or may not be under construction, but it’s not the only contemporary attempt at a barrier between countries. According

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State Department

Under the radar, State Department to allow more refugees to enter US

May 29, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Immigration Leave a comment

Donald Trump probably doesn’t want his supporters to know this, but the US State Department has just decided to increase the number of refugees

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apps

Apps for refugees: merging technology and humanitarianism

April 22, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik International, Refugees, Technology, Widgets: Science/Technology Leave a comment

These days, there’s an app for just about everything—even for being a refugee. According to the United Nations High Command on Refugees [UNHCR], apps

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Videos document the human cost of Trump’s refugee ban

March 15, 2017 Renee Shur Refugees Leave a comment

How does Trump’s refugee ban affect people’s lives? Two recent videos document the real impact. They take the viewer behind the partisan policy debates,

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other refugees

The other refugees we don’t hear as much about

February 14, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Activism, International, Refugees 2 comments

Syrians—4.8 million of them–constitute the largest segment of the current world refugee population.  But there are many other refugees —16+ million — who are

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Australian refugees: Who are they, and what are the terms of the deal?

February 3, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Immigration, International, Refugees, Trump, United Nations 4 comments

About 1,200 Afghani, Iraqi and Iranian refugees—currently housed in terrible conditions on islands near Australia—are supposed to come, over time, to the US, under

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Ban Syrian refugees from gun-lax TX, says NRA-backed TX lawmaker

November 18, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Guns, Immigration, States Leave a comment

Tony Dale, a Republican State Representative to the Texas legislature, wants to ban Syrian refugees from his state because it’s too easy for them

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