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Mulu Bahre poses at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore

"When I became a refugee, I started thinking…where do I belong?"

Growing up in exile, Mulu Bahre found his place in the world when he became an American citizen. He is now eager to give back to the country that accepted him and his family.

ArticleJanuary 18, 2017
Airman 1st Class Nelson Versailles Rieu

Living the dream while serving his country

Offered refuge by the United States, 24-year-old Nelson Versailles Rieu is now serving his new country in the Air Force, where his patriotic spirit caught the attention of the Commander in Chief himself.

ArticleSeptember 20, 2016

From life in limbo to refuge in Utah

Bar Mee and her husband Tin Win could not see a future for their young family in a Thailand refugee camp -- and with civil war still raging in Myanmar, going home wasn't an option. Then the United States offered them refuge in the state of Utah.

ArticleJanuary 28, 2017
Samah, 23, was eager to start a new life with her family.

Stranded by the travel ban: a Syrian family's American dream crushed

As President Trump bars refugees, this Syrian family remains uncertain if they will ever be able to start a new life in America.

ArticleJanuary 9, 2018
Rescue equipment in the entrance of Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand

Some of the boys rescued from a Thai cave are 'stateless.' What does that mean?    

The world is celebrating the extraordinary rescue of the Wild Boars soccer team from a flooded cave network in the Mai Sai district of Thailand, but the incident has also shined a spotlight on a humanitarian crisis on the Thailand-Myanmar border that has been overlooked since the start of military rule in Myanmar in the 1960s.

ArticleJuly 13, 2018
Mother with her nine-month-year old son

Mae Tao—lifeline on the border for Burmese refugees

Meet a doctor, a refugee herself, who works with the IRC along the Thailand-Myanmar border providing essential care for 150,000 patients a year.

ArticleJuly 25, 2016

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