Sunday, November 29, 2015

No teacher lets them suffer: inside the German schools taking in refugees - The Guardian


The Guardian

No teacher lets them suffer: inside the German schools taking in refugees
The Guardian
This summer 52-year-old Daniel Wunsch, a teacher at Louis-Lepoix school in the picturesque German spa town of Baden-Baden, received a call to help a refugee boy in his class who had tried to kill himself. Ahmed*, a hard-working young man with dreams of ...

Web of hope spun for refugees - The Denver Post


Web of hope spun for refugees
The Denver Post
Syrian refugee children play at a camp in the town of Hosh Hareem, located in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, on Oct. 28. According to the U.N. Human Rights Council, Lebanon's population in 2014 included the largest percentage of refugees in the world - 232 ...

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Blocking refugees is not American - DesMoinesRegister.com


Los Angeles Times

Blocking refugees is not American
DesMoinesRegister.com
The Syrian refugees are fleeing precisely the type of senseless slaughter that happened in Paris. To slam the door in their faces would be a betrayal of our deepest values as Americans. ISIS is part of war, which drove 12 million people to become refugees.
Celebrate the holidays by welcoming Mideast refugeesLos Angeles Times

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Lie detectors, solitary: How South Korea screens refugees - Reuters


Reuters

Lie detectors, solitary: How South Korea screens refugees
Reuters
SEOUL South Korea has spent decades screening refugees from a hostile neighbor but some enemy agents manage to get through, underlining the challenges Western nations face in dealing with a far larger influx of people escaping the war in Syria.

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More Than 250 Attend Hartford Pro-Syrian Refugee Acceptance Rally - Hartford Courant


Hartford Courant

More Than 250 Attend Hartford Pro-Syrian Refugee Acceptance Rally
Hartford Courant
Though Oakes said the anti-Syrian refugees rally was canceled, a small group still gathered in front of the Capitol to protest the state's plan to take in Syrian refugees. Gov. Dannel Malloy has forcefully defended allowing Syrians to seek political ...
Hundreds Rally at State Capitol Over Connecticut's Stance on Accepting Syrian ...NBC Connecticut
Dueling Hartford rallies held on refugee policyThe Boston Globe

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In surprise Jordan visit, Carson calls for refugees to settle in Middle East - Washington Post


Washington Post

In surprise Jordan visit, Carson calls for refugees to settle in Middle East
Washington Post
AZRAQ, Jordan — Republican presidential contender Ben Carson visited two camps for Syrian refugees in the Jordanian desert Saturday, in a quick “fact-finding” trip with no media coverage. Carson's convoy rolled into the Azraq refugee camp along a ...
Carson says Syrian refugees don't want to come to USFox News
Ben Carson meets Syrian refugees in Jordan but says none should come to USThe Guardian
Carson after tour: Syrian refugees don't want to come to USU.S. News & World Report
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Saturday, November 28, 2015

Newsmaker Q&A: Janet Panning, helps resettle refugees in the Lehigh Valley - Allentown Morning Call


Allentown Morning Call

Newsmaker Q&A: Janet Panning, helps resettle refugees in the Lehigh Valley
Allentown Morning Call
13 attacks on Paris by terrorist adherents of the Islamic State, which is fighting in Syria, more than half of all American governors have said they would try to block Syrian refugees from settling in their states. Pennsylvania's Gov. Tom Wolf has said ...