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Resettlement
Posted by zaineb_irc on January 17th, 2012
My younger brother Ahmed was killed because he loved Iraq and wanted to work for peace. Ahmed was a top student at Baghdad University, where he majored in English and was studying to be an interpreter. more »
Posted in Iraqi Refugees, Middle East, United States, US - Silver Spring, MD, Iraq | Tags: refugees, Iraqi refugees, Iraq war, resettlement, conflict, humanitarian aid | 13 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on January 4th, 2012
Thanks to thousands of IRC donors, we surpassed our matching gift goal and raised more than $1.9 million to help refugees and others uprooted from their homes by conflict and disaster. more »
Tags: refugees, George Rupp, resettlement |
Posted by The.IRC on January 3rd, 2012
In the Washington Post: Bhutanese refugees both young and old navigate the ups and downs of acclimating to an unfamiliar new land. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States, US - Silver Spring, MD | Tags: refugees, bhutanese refugees, resettlement |
Posted by The.IRC on December 29th, 2011
Critical U.S. programs that give sanctuary to Iraqis who are in danger because they worked for the U.S. military are mired in bureaucratic delays. Meanwhile, millions of internally displaced Iraqis languish in urban slums and squatter settlements, growing increasingly destitute. more »
Posted in Iraqi Refugees, Middle East, United States, Iraq | Tags: refugees, Iraqi refugees, resettlement |
Posted by The.IRC on December 24th, 2011
Best wishes for a joyful and peaceful holiday season from all of us at the International Rescue Committee. more »
Posted in United States, US - Salt Lake City, UT | Tags: refugees, resettlement, thanks |
Posted by The.IRC on December 22nd, 2011
On this first day of winter, a special word of thanks to IRC supporters who have given such a warm welcome to thousands of refugees who started new lives in the United States this year. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States, US - Salt Lake City, UT | Tags: refugees, resettlement |
Posted by RoxannePaisible_IRC on December 21st, 2011
An estimated 1.3 million Iraqis remain displaced in their own country as the U.S. military mission in Iraq comes to an end. We must not forget their urgent protection needs. more »
Posted in Iraqi Refugees, Middle East, United States, Iraq, Jordan | Tags: refugees, Iraqi refugees, resettlement, war | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on December 13th, 2011
Bindya Tamang and her family lived for 15 years in a refugee camp in Nepal, where she helped to put food on the table by growing vegetables. Today she's a member of the IRC's New Roots community garden in the Bronx. more »
Posted in New Roots, United States, US - New York, NY | Tags: refugees, new roots, resettlement |
Posted by Semir.Tanovic on December 12th, 2011
I was born in Bosnia-Herzegovina. I grew up there. I started a family there. But I became a refugee overnight. After enduring years of war, my family and I had to leave our homeland when our city fell to Croatian troops. Had we stayed, there is no doubt we would have been killed. more »
Posted in Resettlement | Tags: refugees, Bosnia, conflict |
Posted by The.IRC on December 8th, 2011
Kamila Abdul Nabi tells CBS Atlanta how she and her family feared for their lives in Afghanistan under the Taliban. Now living in the United States, she has realized a lifelong dream to own a business. more »
Posted in Resettlement, United States, US - Atlanta, GA | Tags: refugees, resettlement, Afghan refugees |
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