Tag Archives: refugees
Government shutdown: Syrian refugee’s falafel shop giving free meals to furloughed workers in Tennessee
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused of playing politics with Christmas after drawing comparison between Jesus and refugees
The incoming Democratic congresswoman tweets out a series of jabs at what she calls 'anti-immigrant pundits'; reaction from Fox News contributor Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas.
As Syria war winds down, refugees stay put despite hardships
SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — Rozan Qarqour lives with her husband and six children in a tiny room in an unfinished building, where they share a bathroom with other Syrian refugees. Her husband sells paper cups of cardamom-flavored Arabic coffee on the streets of the Lebanese port city of Sidon to earn a few dollars to buy bread and vegetables.
Possible 2020 candidate Beto O’Rourke meets with young refugees at US-Mexico border
Migrant caravan: More than 1,500 refugees and migrants arrive at US-Mexico border
U.S. halts funding to U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees
A spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas denounced the decision as “a flagrant assault against the Palestinian people and a defiance of U.N. resolutions.” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the business model and fiscal practices of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) were an “irredeemably flawed operation.” “The administration has carefully reviewed the issue and determined that the United States will not make additional contributions to UNRWA,” she said in a statement. UNRWA did not immediately comment on the U.S. decision.
Palestinian refugees angry and dismayed at U.S. for halting funds to U.N. agency
The U.S. announcement on Friday that it will no longer support the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has deepened a cash crisis at the agency, and heightened tensions with the Palestinian leadership. Most are descendants of the roughly 700,000 Palestinians who were driven out of their homes or fled the fighting in the 1948 war that led to Israel’s creation.
Trump administration cuts aid funding for Palestinian refugees
ICE Deports Another Group Of Cambodian Refugees While You Weren't Paying Attention
Stabbing At Apartment Complex Leaves 9 Injured, Including Refugees
