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Since 1980, the U.S. has set a refugee "ceiling" every fiscal year. The ceiling is the maximum number of refugees who can be resettled and does not require the U.S. to receive an exact number of refugees. For decades, Republican and Democratic presidents sought to resettle tens of tho...
Afghans being evacuated from Kabul who are not eligible for the special visas could still qualify for U.S. refugee resettlement if they are waiting in third countries and fear persecution if returned to Afghanistan. Earlier this summer, the Biden administration createda new refugee categoryfor Afgh...
These units, along with volunteers from Britain, Canada, and several other countries, formed the Fifteenth Unit Brigade, known colloquially as the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. [Pictured: Refugees from the Spanish Civil War cross into France] 1937: Protective Mobilization Plan The National Guard 1937: ...
Refugees from Afghanistan, Syria, Venezuela, Ukraine, and Sudan make up 73% of the world’s refugee population. The majority of refugeeswant to return to their homes when it’s safe. Here are some other terms you may come across when looking for volunteer opportunities in refugee camps: ...
Many people in the U.S. have limited knowledge about the different cultures that make up the Arab world, so their view is oversimplified. Whether a student is from an Arabic-speaking country or one that is mistaken as such, like Afghanistan, the experience for that student in a U.S. sch...
Since the guest workers programme (Gastarbeiter programm), which was devised to supply the country’s much-needed labour force, Germany experienced many flows of immigrants and refugees and the political tensions emanating from immigration (Downs2011). From the beginning, the SPD was in a positio...
withdrawal from Afghanistan was conspicuously left out of a large batch of military promotions approved Thursday by the Senate before it left town until December. The apparent delay for Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue — President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Army in Europe and Africa and set...
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and now there’s a new wave of refugees from Afghanistan, of course, after the takeover of the Taliban. If you think about various refugee crises in Africa, you know, hopefully Ukrainians will, one day, be able to go home. But when it ...