Tag: refugees
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Opinion | Turkey Wants Syrian Refugees to Go Home
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ANTAKYA, Turkey — It was the Syrians who were responsible for the earthquakes. That’s what a Turkish man told Seyfeddin Selim, a refugee from Homs, Syria, who used to sell groceries in Antakya, the capital of Hatay province in southern Turkey. When the earthquakes hit in February, Mr. Selim’s shop was cleared out by looters…
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Amazon, Marriott and other companies vow to hire thousands of refugees in Europe
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Multinational companies including Amazon, Marriott and Hilton pledged Monday to hire more than 13,000 refugees, including Ukrainian women who have fled the war with Russia, over the next three years in Europe. Just ahead of World Refugee Day on Tuesday, more than 40 corporations say they will hire, connect to work or train a total…
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Turkey’s Runoff Election: How Refugees Became A Top Issue
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Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the challenger to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sunday’s runoff election, is hardening his stance on refugees in a last-ditch effort to win over voters after underperforming in the first round. While polls showed center-left Kilicdaroglu leading the conservative Erdogan, Erdogan ended up coming in first in the May 14 contest, with…
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Pope Calls For Prayers For Ukrainians, Russians, Refugees This Easter
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — In an Easter message highlighting hope, Pope Francis on Sunday invoked prayers for both the Ukrainian and Russian people, praised nations which welcome refugees and called on Israelis and Palestinians wracked by the latest surge in deadly violence to forge a “climate of trust.” Francis, along with dozens of prelates and…
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Pray for Ukrainians, Russians and refugees : NPR
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Pope Francis bestows the plenary ‘Urbi et Orbi’ (to the city and to the world) blessing from the central lodge of the St. Peter’s Basilica at The Vatican at the end of 2023’S Easter Sunday mass. Alessandra Tarantino/AP hide caption toggle caption Alessandra Tarantino/AP Pope Francis bestows the plenary ‘Urbi et Orbi’ (to the city…
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ADU becomes sanctuary for grandparents, Ukrainian refugees
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Seventy-four-year-old Viktor Vasyliev — arms outstretched and smiling broadly — greeted Raul Villagra and his wife, Cristina Araya, with a warm embrace. Standing nearby, his daughter Alina Vasyliev shook her head and laughed. “My father would have never kissed anyone ‘hello’ before he met Raul and Cristina,” she said. “It’s like this every weekend at…
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Anger toward Turkey’s Syrian refugees grows after earthquake
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KILIS, Turkey — It was on the third day after the devastating earthquake demolished his home and almost killed him and his family that Basel, a 31-year-old Syrian refugee living in Turkey, was able to find an empty plot of land to pitch a tent as a temporary shelter for his family. But the respite didn’t…
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‘Welcome Corps’ will enable regular Americans to sponsor refugees : NPR
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Alight recruits and trains sponsor groups, ensuring that sponsors receive high-quality support and refugees integrate smoothly into their new communities. Alight hide caption toggle caption Alight Alight recruits and trains sponsor groups, ensuring that sponsors receive high-quality support and refugees integrate smoothly into their new communities. Alight The Biden administration is appealing to private citizens…
