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Box CEO Aaron Levie calls Trump's immigration ban 'dangerous'
Jan 30, 2017
Some Silicon Valley leaders are speaking out against Trump's executive order.
Tech community and lawyers join voices denouncing Trump's immigration ban
Jan 30, 2017
The executive order has also spurred international backlash.
How rural poverty is fueling the refugee crisis
Jan 27, 2017
The head of the International Fund for Agricultural Development says there's been a lack of investment in rural areas.
This would-be dentist embodies entrepreneurial spirit of Syrian immigrants
Jan 24, 2017
Syrians drill it into their children’s heads that they have to be self-reliant.
ICE releases mothers and children who came to U.S. from Central America
Dec 21, 2016
The release coincided with a state judge’s ruling that Texas could not license two family detention facilities as child care centers.
Homeland Security reviews use of private detention centers
by
Andy Uhler
Nov 30, 2016
A subcommittee of the Homeland Security Advisory Council will release a report today reviewing the use of private immigration detention centers. The Obama administration announced in August that the Bureau of Prisons will stop using private prisons for federal inmates. Ending privatized detention centers is a whole different equation. Click the above audio player to […]
Berlin seeks German language teachers for refugee students
Nov 24, 2016
Germany has accepted about 240,000 refugees so far this year, and one way it is trying to help them adapt to their new culture is by teaching them German.
For public good, not for profit.
Calais refugees set sights on UK rather than France, for economic reasons
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Emma Jacobs
Oct 25, 2016
Unemployment in the U.K. is lower than in France, and many of those in Calais also speak some English already.
Paris begins construction of urban refugee camp
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Emma Jacobs
Aug 23, 2016
The camp will provide shelter for more than 1,000 people.
Turkey — EU tensions threaten refugee deal
Aug 22, 2016
A deal credited with cutting refugee flow into Europe is in peril.