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Refugee agencies in the U.S. are feeling strained

by Sally Herships
May 31, 2017
With the number of refugees allowed to enter the country in flux, those who help them are feeling financial pressures and anxiety.
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In Erie, Pennsylvania, a refugee family dreams of college and worries how to pay for it

by Amy Scott
May 30, 2017
'It's like heaven inside,' junior Megha Ghimirey says of her American high school.
Megha Ghimirey, 17, with her sister Niti, 8. Megha is wrapping up her junior year at Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy.
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Uganda needs help to serve a growing influx of South Sudan refugees

by Andy Uhler
Apr 4, 2017
More than 2,500 people flee war-torn South Sudan every day. By the end of this year, 400,000 are expected arrive in Uganda, its neighbor to the south. Uganda is exceptionally open to these refugees, but it needs financial and logistical help as the influx has outpaced relief efforts. Click the audio player above to hear […]
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Food company dependent on immigrant labor is 'concerned' about political rhetoric

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 7, 2017
Kurt Loudenback of successful Grand Prairie Foods employs a mostly refugee and migrant workforce.
A part of Kurt Loudenback’s business that has grown substantially is sandwich building. He says that work can't be automated.
Photo courtesy of Kurt Loudenback
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Iraqis are relieved to be excluded from new travel ban

by Kai Ryssdal and Robert Garrova
Mar 6, 2017
BBC correspondent Rami Ruhayem says Iraqis are relieved by the new executive order as refugees flood camps near Mosul.
An Iraqi family that has fled fighting as Iraqi forces advance into Islamic State-controlled west Mosul.
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Dangerous passage: Refugees in Minnesota risk death to reach Canada

by Marketplace Contributor
Feb 22, 2017
African asylum seekers are streaming to the border, making a perilous journey that has immigration and security officials worried.
Eric Kuhn, patrol agent in charge for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection station in Pembina, North Dakota, stands for a portrait while on patrol near the Canadian border. Since 2010, the Border Patrol at Pembina has seen an increase in asylum seekers, primarily those who fled African countries, trying to sneak across the border into Canada.
Dan Koeck for MPR News
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EU pins hopes on migrant deal with Libya

by Stephen Beard
Feb 9, 2017
A earlier migrant deal with Turkey curbed refugee inflows.
Libyan coast guard police help immigrants who were rescued at sea off the coast of Libya on Sunday. 
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My Economy: Refugee says America is still 'the land of opportunity'

by Robert Garrova
Feb 8, 2017
For the Ngalamulume family, the vetting process was difficult. But now two brothers are taking advantage of opportunities their parents never had.
Patrick Ngalamulume, left, and his brother George Ngalamulume are refugees from Zambia who immigrated to the U.S. in 2008.
Courtesy Patrick and George Ngalamulume
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How Trump's policies can impact local economies

by Kai Ryssdal
Jan 30, 2017
Checking in on life in Erie, Pennsylvania.
A factory in Erie County, PA. 
Maitham Basha-Agha/Marketplace
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An Iraqi journalist shares how the immigration ban affected her ability to travel

by David Brancaccio
Jan 30, 2017
Journalist Sama Dizayee says the process of coming to the U.S. is already very complicated.
Protesters gather at the international arrivals area of the Washington Dulles International Airport on Sunday in Sterling, Virginia. 
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