All posts tagged "refugee"

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  World

  Iraqi refugee on trial for Qur’an burnings reportedly shot dead in Sweden | Sweden

  Five people have been arrested after an Iraqi refugee and anti-Islam campaigner was reportedly shot dead in Sweden hours before he was...

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  Business & Economy

  Salwan Momika shot dead: Who was the controversial Iraqi refugee in Sweden known for publicly burning the Quran?

  Salwan Momika, a 38-year-old Iraqi refugee known for burning copies of the Quran, was shot and killed in his home in Sodertalje,...

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  World

  Fear hits east Jerusalem as Israel moves to close UN Palestinian refugee agency

  JERUSALEM (AP) — In the Shuafat refugee camp, a hardscrabble district in east Jerusalem surrounded by a concrete wall, cars inched their...

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  World

  Trump’s Palestinian refugee idea falls flat with Jordan, confounds Senate ally

  DORAL, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s push to have Egypt and Jordan take in large numbers of Palestinian refugees from besieged...

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  International

  UN refugee chief calls for more help for Syria as refugees begin to return en masse

  DAMASCUS, Syria — The United Nations refugee chief said Saturday that some 200,000 refugees have returned to Syria from neighboring countries since...

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  World

  Trump’s suspension of refugee program shocks but doesn’t surprise advocates | US immigration

  Donald Trump’s announcement on Monday that he was suspending the nation’s refugee resettlement program from 27 January – and then on Wednesday...

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  International

  Afghans fleeing Taliban urge Trump to lift refugee program suspension

  ISLAMABAD — Afghans who fled after the Taliban seized power appealed Wednesday to U.S. President Donald Trump to exempt them from an...

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  World

  Israeli forces surround Palestinian hospital and refugee camp in West Bank | West Bank

  Israeli forces have besieged a Palestinian government hospital in Jenin and a nearby refugee camp in the heart of the city, as...

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  Featured

  Syrian refugee elected mayor of German town, years after fleeing war

  CNN  —  A Syrian who arrived in Germany as a refugee in 2015 has won a mayoral election in the southwestern German...