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Iraqis top list of refugees resettled in first 2 months of fiscal year; Texas top resettlement state

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Two months of fiscal year 2015 are now behind us and the US State Department and its contractors are off and running with a surprising number of refugees resettled so far. According to the statistics kept at the Refugee Processing Center, Iraqis top the list.  Here are the Top Five countries of origin for refugees … Continue reading Iraqis top list of refugees resettled in first 2 months of fiscal year; Texas top resettlement state

Why are we taking “refugees” from South Africa? (admission in KY Thanksgiving dinner story)

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Reader Robin sent us this on Wednesday, but I didn’t post earlier simply because I didn’t want to sound mean by begrudging anyone a nice Thanksgiving dinner, but today is different—call me mean if it makes you feel better! You should know that one of the favorite PR gambits of the US refugee resettlement contractors … Continue reading Why are we taking “refugees” from South Africa? (admission in KY Thanksgiving dinner story)

Malta: “Patriots” protest against illegal aliens; fear Muslim takeover of Malta

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  Patriots!  (I do love the Tea Party lingo!) Some of the people of Malta have had it with the huge influx of illegal aliens from Africa and the Middle East and have now joined France, the UK, Sweden, and Italy (among others) in forming a political movement in an effort to halt immigration into … Continue reading Malta: “Patriots” protest against illegal aliens; fear Muslim takeover of Malta

First Bhutanese refugee advocacy day on Capitol Hill; they would like Congress to help them get home

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In 2007, just as RRW was getting off the ground, the Bush Administration said that the US would “welcome” 60,000 Bhutanese (mostly Hindu) here over 5 years (read one of many accounts, here). We are now up to 80,000 of the Bhutanese (really Nepali people) who were booted out of Bhutan after living there for … Continue reading First Bhutanese refugee advocacy day on Capitol Hill; they would like Congress to help them get home