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As the nail salon industry booms, its workers pay the price

By Sabri Ben-Achour and Jonaki Mehta
December 05, 2018
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The UCLA Labor Center's recent national study "Nail Files" found wage violations, harassment and surveillance.

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Canada grapples with refugee influx from U.S.

By Emma Jacobs
November 28, 2018
Beds in an emergency respite opened in Toronto in mid-November to relieve pressure on its stressed shelter system.
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Refugees seeking asylum are leaving the U.S. for Canada, where authorities scramble to house them.

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Then and now: Syrian refugees reflect on their lives

By Reema Khrais
September 05, 2018
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They found new homes in Turkey, along with frustration, resignation and hope.

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Young Syrians rethink their future as refugees in Turkey

By Reema Khrais
August 31, 2018
Othman Nahhas spends a good chunk of his paycheck paying for half of his family's rent in Istanbul.
Courtesy of Musab Yousef

Before the Syrian war in 2011, nearly 25 percent of young people went to college, which is almost completely subsidized by the government.

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What it's like for a Syrian refugee to become the sole breadwinner

By Reema Khrais
August 24, 2018
Amna Hafez never expected to work, but she didn’t want her daughters to feel the financial impact of their father’s death.
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Amna Hafez is like thousands of other Syrian women in Turkey who've been forced to create a new life for themselves and their families.

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One Syrian refugee’s story: From civil engineer to daycare owner

By Reema Khrais
August 16, 2018
After struggling to find work as an engineer, Dania Abdulbaqi opened a daycare in Gaziantep, Turkey.
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As a Syrian living in Turkey, Dania Abdulbaqi struggled to find formal work as an engineer.

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One year later: we check in on the refugee settlement in Erie, Pennsylvania

By Kai Ryssdal and Shaheen Ainpour
January 19, 2018
Dylanna Jackson is a director of a resettlement program in Erie. 
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Erie, which voted for President Trump, has one of the largest populations of refugees in the country.

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As refugee admissions fall, nonprofits lay off staff

By Emma Jacobs
January 03, 2018
After he was laid off in August, Todd Miller left refugee resettlement work to teach English as a second language at a local university. 
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Nonprofits worry about the loss of institutional knowledge as offices are forced to close amid a slow down in refugee admissions.

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Checking in with Syrian refugees one year later

By Tracey Samuelson
September 20, 2017
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A family of six adjusts to life in the Connecticut suburbs.

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