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Apr 22

Trump suspended the refugee program. Why is he inviting white South Africans to find a new home in the U.S.?

By Kenichi Serino

Trump signed an executive order in February encouraging their resettlement in the United States. As justification, he cited a South African law on land expropriation and affirmative action that he claimed discriminated against Afrikaners, as well as that country bringing…

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Apr 07

One of Africa’s largest refugee camps redesignated as a city by Kenyan government

By Adrian Blomfield, Associated Press

Kenya's government has redesignated Kakuma as a municipality. It's part of broader goal of incorporating refugees more closely into local populations.

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Mar 25

Court allows Trump administration to suspend approval of new refugees amid lawsuit

By Associated Press

An appeals court has allowed the Trump administration to suspend entry of new refugees as a lawsuit plays out over the president’s executive order halting the nation’s refugee admissions system.

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Mar 12

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Afghans who helped Americans fear Taliban retribution after U.S. suspends refugee program

By Nick Schifrin, Sonia Kopelev

Some 200,000 Afghans left behind during the 2021 U.S. withdrawal are now left in further limbo by the Trump administration’s refugee program suspension. Many fought alongside the U.S. and received refugee visas last year, now they may never be allowed…

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Feb 26

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How advocacy groups are responding to a court blocking Trump’s ban on refugees

By Geoff Bennett, Jackson Hudgins

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order halting the admission of refugees into the United States. The judge said the administration had likely exceeded its authority by freezing the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, which was established by Congress…

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Feb 25

Federal judge blocks Trump effort to suspend nation’s refugee admissions system

By Gene Johnson, Associated Press

The ruling came Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by major refugee aid groups, who argued that Trump's executive order suspending the federal refugee resettlement program ran afoul of the system Congress created for moving refugees into the U.S. Lawyers for…

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Feb 24

For refugee communities in Missouri, freeze on resettlement leads to furloughs and uncertainty

By Gabrielle Hays

In Missouri, refugee resettlement organizations are fundraising and furloughing dozens of employees to stay afloat among federal funding uncertanties.

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Jan 27

Springfield’s Haitian migrants turn to faith amid deportation fears

By Luis Andres Henao, Jessie Wardarski, Associated Press

Despite legally migrating to the U.S. under the country’s Temporary Protected Status program, many of the thousands of Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are fearful President Donald Trump’s promised migration crackdown will soon include them.

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Jan 26

Trump wants Egypt and Jordan to let in Palestinian refugees from Gaza. Here’s why the idea is rejected

By Joseph Krauss, Associated Press

President Donald Trump's suggestion that Egypt and Jordan take in Palestinians from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip was met with a hard “no" Sunday from the two U.S. allies along with the Palestinians themselves, who fear Israel would never allow them to return.

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Jan 22

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Refugees already cleared to settle in U.S. have flights canceled after Trump order

By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat

President Trump’s executive order suspending all refugee admissions into the U.S. has far-reaching consequences. Tens of thousands of Afghans, including family members of active-duty U.S. service members, are now in limbo despite some already receiving approval to relocate to the…

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