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Jordan offers to lease planes to Canada to begin transporting Syrian refugees
Toronto Star Not so for the other two countries Canada hopes to draw 25,000 refugees from by the end of February. McCallum referred to continuing “challenges” with Lebanon in obtaining exit visas. Turkey, where refugees are being assisted by the government rather ... Refugee groups: Carson misses big picture on Syria refugees Immigration Minister John McCallum unsure when Syrian refugees arriving Governor General hopes forum on Syrian refugees will be a 'call to action' |
Group of concerned Americans working to raise awareness of refugees in need.
Monday, November 30, 2015
Jordan offers to lease planes to Canada to begin transporting Syrian refugees - Toronto Star
Turkey compromise signals EU 'desperation' over refugees - Al Jazeera America
 Al Jazeera America |
Turkey compromise signals EU 'desperation' over refugees
Al Jazeera America The European Union's landmark deal with Turkey to bolster Turkish border security may provide the hands-off solution Europe wants to curb the flow of refugees onto its shores. But it could come at a price for Turkish democracy: The EU — a vocal critic ... Europe has a deal with Turkey, but migrants will keep coming EU to set aside more than $3 billion to aid Syrian refugees in Turkey Sweden to give millions to Turkey refugee deal |
Privately-sponsored Syrian refugees bound for Toronto - Toronto Sun
 Toronto Sun |
Privately-sponsored Syrian refugees bound for Toronto
Toronto Sun Of those refugees coming to Ontario, 2,602 will be coming to Toronto. According to the federal government, 1,326 will come to central Toronto, 1,079 are destined for Willowdale, 156 are headed to Scarborough, 23 will go to North York, and 18 are ... Ontario prepared to take roughly 4000 refugees this year: minister Ontario can take in 4000 refugees by end of year, health minister says |
How Volunteers Got Madrid's Government To Pay Attention To Refugees - Huffington Post
 Huffington Post |
How Volunteers Got Madrid's Government To Pay Attention To Refugees
Huffington Post A group waits at Madrid's Atocha and Méndez Álvaro bus stations Thursday through Sunday to greet refugees. The cartel is part of the Refugee Reception Network of Madrid, an initiative that supports refugees and migrants by providing basic care and ... |
White House promises governors more transparency on Syrian refugees - USA TODAY
 USA TODAY |
White House promises governors more transparency on Syrian refugees
USA TODAY WASHINGTON — The White House promised the nation's governors Monday that it will provide them better information on Syrian refugees being resettled in their states, but said its policy on accepting those refugees remains unchanged. White House Chief ... Texas official threatens to sue aid group helping Syrian refugees relocate White House reaches out to governors on refugees Here's how much the United States spends on refugees |
The Rapper of Refugees - The Atlantic
The Rapper of Refugees
The Atlantic Maya Arulpragasam is a famous rapper, singer, designer, producer, and refugee. When she was 9, her mother and siblings fled violence in Sri Lanka and came to London, and the experience was formative for her art. As she explained to The Guardian in ... |
Lorry drivers warn of escalating violence with refugees in Calais - The Guardian
 The Guardian |
Lorry drivers warn of escalating violence with refugees in Calais
The Guardian Lorry drivers and medics have warned of escalating violence between truckers and refugees on the roads around Calais, as footage emerged of a Hungarian truck driver who filmed himself intentionally accelerating towards people attempting to board ... Video shows Hungarian lorry driver deliberately swerving at refugees in Calais ... |
German officials warn of homegrown Islamists trying to radicalize refugees - Fox News
 Fox News |
German officials warn of homegrown Islamists trying to radicalize refugees
Fox News However, security officials tell the Journal that they have already reported more than 100 cases in which known Islamists have tried to contact refugees. Aid agencies report that the suspects have reached out to the new arrivals with offers of food ... German Officials Warn of New Security Risk: Local Extremists Recruiting Refugees Germany Just Confirmed Everyone's Worst Fears About Syrian Refugees Merkel forges new alliance on refugees |
When refugees camps last three generations, we must accept they're not going ... - Quartz
 Quartz |
When refugees camps last three generations, we must accept they're not going ...
Quartz Kilian Kleinschmidt worked with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) for 25 years and then quit in frustration while trying to build the Za'atari refugee camp (paywall) for displaced Syrians in Lebanon. “We're doing humanitarian aid ... |
These 5 Facts Explain America's Shameful Reaction to Syrian Refugees - TIME
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These 5 Facts Explain America's Shameful Reaction to Syrian Refugees
TIME Of the 4.2 million Syrians displaced since that country's civil war began in 2011, America has taken in 2,290—or 0.0005 percent of the total. But to hear many American politicians speak in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris, Syrian refugees ... Here's the Process Refugees Have to Go Through to Enter the US Poll: Only 6 percent of would-be Syrian refugees want to move to North America Fact check: How refugees are screened |
The United States' tried and true anti-refugee history - Washington Post
 Washington Post |
The United States' tried and true anti-refugee history
Washington Post A few weeks back, The Post's Ishaan Tharoor summarized the reluctance to allow these Jewish refugees into the country. The pro-refugee crowd argues that a similar brand of xenophobia and bigotry could lead the United States to again turn away people in ... |
Thailand knew deported Chinese were refugees awaiting resettlement in Canada ... - Reuters
 Reuters |
Thailand knew deported Chinese were refugees awaiting resettlement in Canada ...
Reuters The letter, sent by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to the Thai foreign ministry, contradicts Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha's statement last week that Thailand "did not know" that the men were under UNHCR protection. Thailand knew deported Chinese were refugees awaiting resettlement in Canada: UN |
Calais lorry driver's video shows swerve towards refugees - The Guardian
 The Guardian |
Calais lorry driver's video shows swerve towards refugees
The Guardian A Hungarian truck driver has filmed himself intentionally accelerating towards refugees attempting to board lorries outside of Calais, forcing them off the road. The video, posted on YouTube, shows him swerve towards groups of men as they walk along a ... Video shows Hungarian lorry driver deliberately swerving at refugees in Calais ... |
Many Syrian refugees in Turkey are paying close attention to what the 2016 ... - Politico
 Politico |
Many Syrian refugees in Turkey are paying close attention to what the 2016 ...
Politico As Ben Carson visited refugees in nearby Jordan over the weekend, his previous comments drew scorn here, particularly his suggestion that some Syrian refugees are “mad dogs.” And then there was some guy named “Trump,” Aisha said, who wanted to ... |
The app to teach migrant children on the move - CNBC
 CNBC |
The app to teach migrant children on the move
CNBC As more migrants travel to Europe or are displaced by conflict in the Middle East, various organisations are now seeking to solve an important problem – how to educate thousands of refugee children. According to a report released in September by UNICEF ... |
The Refugee Dilemma - The New Yorker
 The New Yorker |
The Refugee Dilemma
The New Yorker The family had applied for refugee status in the United States, and a year after they arrived at the camp the application was accepted. They left for Minnesota, where there are roughly a hundred thousand refugees, many attracted by the state's social ... |
Jesse Jackson Weighs in on Syrian Refugee Crisis - Fox 2 Detroit
 Fox 2 Detroit |
Jesse Jackson Weighs in on Syrian Refugee Crisis
Fox 2 Detroit The meeting dubbed "All Lives Matter" Syrian Refugees in Peril took place here at the Lebanese American Heritage Club. It focused on dealing with the on-going refugee discussion. Also civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson highlighted the importa. Rev. Jackson: Welcome Syrian refugees to Mich. Jackson: US, Michigan must welcome Syrian refugees |
Ottawa exempts Syrian refugees from controversial loan program - Toronto Star
 Toronto Star |
Ottawa exempts Syrian refugees from controversial loan program
Toronto Star Normally, if refugees can't afford the necessary transportation or medical screening to come to Canada, they are offered a loan under the federal immigration loans program, and required to pay it back with interest. According to the Canadian Council ... Canada opens refugee processing centre in Jordan with 3 cabinet ministers on hand Canadian Refugee-Processing Centre Opens In Jordan Refugees with infectious diseases will not be denied entry into Canada: Health ... |
Merkel forges new alliance on refugees - Politico
 Politico |
Merkel forges new alliance on refugees
Politico The deal includes an initial payment of €3 billion from the EU to improve conditions for Syrian refugees currently in Turkey, an agreement to loosen visa restrictions on Turks traveling in Europe, and a promise from Brussels to “speed up the tempo” of ... |
Sunday, November 29, 2015
German Officials Warn of New Security Risk: Local Extremists Recruiting Refugees - Wall Street Journal
 Wall Street Journal |
German Officials Warn of New Security Risk: Local Extremists Recruiting Refugees
Wall Street Journal BERLIN—The Paris attacks have raised fears of terrorists slipping into Europe by posing as refugees. But in Germany, the top migrant destination, security officials have another worry: Local extremists will recruit the newcomers to join the Islamist ... |
Knoxville natives aid Syrian refugees in Jordan - WBIR-TV
 WBIR-TV |
Knoxville natives aid Syrian refugees in Jordan
WBIR-TV "When we saw five years ago these refugees having everything ripped way from them and enduring such hardship, we really just felt like we needed to do something," said Nance. Today, they are continuing that work and have added a young daughter to their ... |
Greek Coast Guard Weathering Endless Wave of Migrants and Refugees - NBCNews.com
 NBCNews.com |
Greek Coast Guard Weathering Endless Wave of Migrants and Refugees
NBCNews.com The dirt road along the northern coast of the Greek island of Lesbos is strewn with discarded life jackets, orange and bright. Migrants left them behind after landing here on rubber boats, to take their first steps on this strange land. Some consoled ... Boat Carrying Refugees Capsizes In Aegean Sea, Turkish Coast Guard Launches ... |
Canada opens refugee processing centre in Jordan with 3 cabinet ministers on-hand - CBC.ca
 CBC.ca |
Canada opens refugee processing centre in Jordan with 3 cabinet ministers on-hand
CBC.ca Refugees whose cases are being processed at the Jordanian facility represent only some of the 15,000 Syrians the government is seeking to resettle itself. Applicants are being told to expect travel by the end of February, the deadline the government ... How the process of admitting Syrian refugees from Jordan will work Refugees with infectious diseases will not be denied entry into Canada: Health ... Amputations, chronic disease, PTSD and depression: Refugees could bring ... |
Ben Carson: best place to aid refugees is in 'really quite nice' camps in Jordan - The Guardian
 The Guardian |
Ben Carson: best place to aid refugees is in 'really quite nice' camps in Jordan
The Guardian After spending Thanksgiving weekend visiting refugees in Jordan, Ben Carson called on the US to support Syrians displaced by the war there, where he said facilities in the camps were “really quite nice”, rather than bring them to America. While arguing ... Ben Carson: Refugees would rather be in Syria than US Ben Carson: Refugees want to stay in Syria Ben Carson Prefers Syrian Refugee Camps to America — for Syrian Refugees |
EU split over refugee deal as Germany leads breakaway coalition - The Guardian
 The Guardian |
EU split over refugee deal as Germany leads breakaway coalition
The Guardian Months of European efforts to come up with common policies on mass immigration unravelled on Sunday when Germany led a “coalition of the willing” of nine EU countries taking in most refugees from the Middle East, splitting the union formally on the ... Merkel forges new alliance on refugees Cash, visas and talks: key points of EU-Turkey pact on refugees Migrant crisis: Turkey and EU strike deal to limit refugee flow |
Here's the Process Refugees Have to Go Through to Enter the US - Newsweek
 Newsweek |
Here's the Process Refugees Have to Go Through to Enter the US
Newsweek Refugees undergo the strictest background checks of any group of people entering the U.S. While some lawmakers have criticized the process for not being strict enough, it can sometimes take longer than two years, and Syrians go through an additional ... Syrian refugees in Louisiana swept up in fierce political debate |
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