Refugees

BISMARCK, N.D. -- A North Dakota county commission that recently voted to limit the number of refugees it will accept may let voters decide the issue in the future. Burleigh County Commission Chairman Brian Bitner said the five-member panel will discuss a …

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The school on the outskirts of Istanbul is a rare place where Uighur child refugees from China can study their language and culture. But for several, it has also become an impromptu orphanage. Having fled a worsening crackdown on Uighur Muslims in northwest…

Life is becoming even more difficult for Syrian refugees living in Lebanon. Winter has always taken its toll on the hundreds of thousands forced to live in camps near the border. But this year the economic crisis in their host country is increasing the stru…

Last December, the United Nations General Assembly formally endorsed the Global Compact on Refugees, which was supposed to help people driven from their home country to find shelter elsewhere in the world. The ability to flee threats of violence and persecuti…

President George W. Bushs administration conducted a similar internal debate after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and initially targeted only those terrorist groups bent on attacking civilians in the West in particular Al Qaeda. But at the same time, Mr. Bush …

Image copyrightLee Gyong-pilImage caption Lee Gyong-pil, who was given the name Kimchi 5, was born on a cargo ship Almost 70 years ago, a US merchant marine ship picked up more than 14,000 refugees in a single trip from a North Korean port. This is the sto…

LINCOLN, Neb. -- An executive order by President Donald Trump giving states the right to refuse to take refugees is putting Republican governors in an uncomfortable position. Theyre caught between immigration hardliners who want to shut the door and some …

Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal was approved in a key vote that paves the way for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union on January 31. The House of Commons passed the prime minister’s withdrawal agreement bill at second reading by 358 votes to 234, a ma…

India, the worlds largest democracy, continues to normalize shutting down internet and suspending mobile communications for tens of millions of citizens in the country to thwart protests. Days after Narendra Modi -led government shut down mobile communicatio…