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Surprise! Missoula, Montana expected to get mostly Muslim refugees after all

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Update April 28th:  A little inside baseball about how Missoula got so lucky to get a refugee office, click here. Have you been following our posts on the plan to open Montana to refugee resettlement?  If not, click here for background (no time for rehashing!) In this news story from the Missoula Independent about a phony letter … Continue reading Surprise! Missoula, Montana expected to get mostly Muslim refugees after all

Small town Montana newspaper editor walks into buzz saw on Syrian refugee issue

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I have a million more things to write about (and am waaayyy behind), but when this popped up in my alerts just now, I thought it was something you all needed to know—Montanans are trying to save themselves from becoming the newest destination for Syrian and other Middle Eastern and African refugees*** and they are … Continue reading Small town Montana newspaper editor walks into buzz saw on Syrian refugee issue

From Syrian refugee camp to dumpster-diving in Memphis, TN

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To get Obama’s promise of 10,000 Syrians on US soil by September 30th fulfilled, resettlement contractors like World Relief (and eight others) must resettle about 358 a week for the remaining weeks of this fiscal year. Is this story from Memphis indicative of what is happening in your town as more and more refugees are … Continue reading From Syrian refugee camp to dumpster-diving in Memphis, TN