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5 million a year earlier, the World Refugee Survey 2006 says, from the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), a non-profit group tracking the problem worldwide. The survey counted 644,500 more Iraqi refugees in Jordan and Syria in 2005 and indicated a "more significant outflow" in the future. (ABC News Online, Australia -- Just In)
Jewish Vocational Service still serves refugees, but most aren't Jewish Jun 10, 2006
Services for newly arrived refugees include transitional cash assistance, health-care referral, food assistance, housing, transportation, translation and interpretation and a wide variety of social services funded by grants from the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. Denis Zijadic, a Bosnian refugee who was settled by Don Bosco in Kansas City seven years ago and who now works to secure job placement for refugees and matching grants for funding... (Kansas City Jewish Chronicle, KS)
Terrorism Suspect Jun 9, 2006
As a result, Canada takes in roughly twice as many refugees and immigrants, on a per capita basis, as the United States. Once in Canada, these refugees can take advantage of the generous welfare system. (Ocnus.net)
Full Story from The Columbia Chronicle Jun 7, 2006
However, through the various calls for reform for undocumented persons' rights and a guest worker program, one particular -- and complicated -- issue of immigration is often overlooked: Refugees and immigrants seeking asylum. In order to seek asylum, a person needs to prove that he or she was persecuted while living in his or her home country and fears retribution if forced to return, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a bureau of the Department of Homeland Security. (U-Wire.com)
COLUMN: People are dying in Sudan, and students don't seem to care Jun 7, 2006
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants estimates that there are nearly 35 million refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide. It seems ethnic cleansing in Africa is not a concern to Americans or the rest of the world. (U-Wire.com)
City hires Hispanic, Somali reps to help immigrants Jun 6, 2006
Velasquez and Farah, both 41, will work to build partnerships between Latino and African communities and the city, helping refugees and immigrants in a more "culturally sensitive manner," the city said. Columbus has taken several initiatives to increase service to immigrants, including adding bilingual representatives at its 311 Call Center, which facilitates non-emergency requests regarding electricity, water and sewage services. (Columbus Business First, OH)
Douglas draws protests over vetoing non-discrimination bill Jun 1, 2006
They gathered to celebrate Vermont's increasingly diverse population, and to strategize how to make newcomers _ particularly refugees and immigrants _ feel at home. Douglas spoke about valuing diversity, and noted that Vermont was the first state in the nation to reject slavery. (WCAX.com, VT)
Asians join immigration reform call May 21, 2006
Advocates said Friday that comprehensive reform needs to do away with laws that detain and deport refugees and immigrants for committing crimes that range from gambling to shoplifting. Those who come from Southeast Asian countries are more likely to be deported. (Xinhuanet, China)
Boston College Groups Try to Block Sec. Rice Speech May 6, 2006
Imbert is the current executive director of the Office of Refugees and Immigrants and chief advocate of immigrants and refugees in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Before being appointed by Governor Mitt Romney to that position, he served as executive editor of Catholic Charities' Haitian Multi-Service Center for ten years. (Newsmax)
Amid toil in orchard, fear grows Mar 30, 2006
"The bills worry us because they could turn hardworking immigrants into fugitives," said Molly Short, director of the Albany field office for the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. Short and her staff have assisted political refugees from Liberia and other wartorn regions across Africa and Eastern Europe in resettling in the Albany area by helping them get entry-level jobs cleaning hospitals, making mattresses and working at fast-food restaurants. (Albany Times Union)
Good Samaritan in critical shape Mar 10, 2006
Felecia Jackson and her family lived in the apartment at North Indian Creek Drive in Clarkston, which is home to many refugees and immigrants. Jackson was at work on the night shift at a bakery when the fire broke out. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Savage attack on Muslims Feb 13, 2006
"I am angry that we have invited and allowed significant immigration and resettlement of refugees and immigrants to Australia and that some of these individuals have repaid our hospitality by allegedly conspiring to plant bombs in our midst to cause death and destruction on a large scale," he said. "There have been danger signs on the growing terrorist threat for some time that we have ignored and made excuses for. There have been far too many so-called websites, book stores and Islamic leaders... (Melbourne Hearld Sun.au)
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