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The New Hotel In Vienna, Run By Refugees

12:45pm December 01, 2015

by Joanna Kakissis

The hotel is staffed by refugees from countries including Afghanistan, Nigeria and Algeria. It serves as a model for how to train newcomers to work in the European countries where they claim asylum.

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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson.

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LISTEN: 'We Have An Obligation' To Refugees, Says Homeland Security Chief

10:06am December 01, 2015

by Steve Inskeep

Jeh Johnson tells NPR's Morning Edition that the existing U.S. refugee program is "probably the most thorough, multilayered, time-consuming way for anyone to cross our borders."

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#NPRreads: Warren Buffet's Grandson And A New Mosque In Rural Wyoming

10:58am November 27, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Also this week: the virtual reality stories of three displaced children.

Canada Extends Deadline To Accept Syrian Refugees

6:08pm November 24, 2015

by Jackie Northam

The pledge to bring in 25,000 refugees by year's end was a campaign promise by Canada's new prime minister, Justin Trudeau, helping sweep him to power.

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As Resettlement Debate Continues, Interfaith Event Advocates For Refugees

11:35am November 24, 2015

by Sean Bueter

Several hundred supporters showed up at an interfaith gathering in Greensboro Monday night to show support for the Triad's refugee community.

South America has a tradition of offering a haven to refugees, including my grandfather, Miguel Garsd, pictured here in Argentina, where he began practicing medicine in the 1930s. His family had fled pogroms in the Ukraine in the late 1800s.

Refugees: That Time Everyone Said 'No' And Bolivia Said 'Yes'

11:42am November 22, 2015

by Jasmine Garsd

Observers draw a parallel between anti-refugee sentiments now and during WWII. Back then, many doors where closed to those fleeing Nazism. Bolivia was a notable exception.

The Bloomberg/Selzer poll asked about the best approach to dealing with the Syrian refugee crisis — proceeding with a plan to resettle 10,000 in the U.S., to filter by religion or accept none.

This Isn't The First Time Americans Have Shown Fear Of Refugees

12:10pm November 21, 2015

by Ron Elving

In 1939, a Gallup poll found 61 percent of Americans opposed a plan for taking in 10,000 refugee children, most of them German Jews.

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Lawmakers Look To Change U.S. Visa Waiver Program

3:35pm November 20, 2015

by Alexandra Starr

U.S. senators point to the program as a potential security risk that poses a bigger threat than admitting Syrian refugees.

Canada has pledged to accept 25,000 Syrian refugees, likely including women, children and injured people who have been living in camps in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. Here, children stand outside their tents during a sandstorm, in a refugee camp in Lebanon

If Americans Move To Canada To Avoid Refugees, They May Get A Surprise

11:15am November 20, 2015

by Jackie Northam

Some Americans unhappy with U.S. plans to welcome 10,000 Syrian refugees are threatening to move to Canada. Apparently they haven't noticed that Canada plans to take in 25,000 Syrians.

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Resettlement Agency Raises Concern After Refugee Bill Passes House

5:36pm November 19, 2015

by Sean Bueter

The vote in the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday that increases security checks on some refugees is raising some protest here in the Triad.