Families of local Afghan refugees were among thousands of evacuees disrupted by the deadly attack outside Kabul airport on Thursday.
Refugees
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Nonprofit resumes annual fundraiser to prepare for influx of refugees
Pittsford-based Saint’s Place expects that roughly 800 refugees could settle in Rochester over the next year, compared to 87 in 2020.
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Number of local refugees plummets
The global refugee crisis has been getting worse over the past several years. More than 65 million people have been forced from their homes by political instability, war, persecution, or extreme poverty. Some live in different parts of their homeland; others risk crossing borders to reach the relative relief of refugee camps and settlements. But […]
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WALLTHERAPY 2017: Todd Stahl takes a focus on Syria
Although WALL\THERAPY organizers set a theme of arts and activism for this year’s festival, they left the specifics up to the individual artists. Todd Stahl, a teacher at Webster Thomas High School, began working Sunday at 59 Pennsylvania Avenue, assisted by a few of his students. His mural features an oversize portrait of a young […]
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‘Finding Home’ art program spotlights refugees
Amid news this last weekend of a second bomb threat to the Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester — and the third case of anti-Semitic hostility in Rochester in recent weeks — Deborah Haber is pushing onward to finalize plans for a series of arts events that will be held this month at the JCC […]
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Trump upends refugee resettlement
Imagine living in a camp with thousands of people, including women and children, fleeing one of many war-torn regions in the world. Life for you is worse than homelessness; you’re virtually without country. Locally, the Catholic Family Center is a beacon of hope for refugees: resettling more than 1,100 people in Rochester last year alone. […]
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Photo Gallery: Rally draws opposition to Trump’s ban
Hundreds of protesters filled Washington Square Park on Sunday to voice opposition to President Donald Trump’s move to ban immigrants from several mostly Muslim countries from entering the United States.
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Refugee screenings miss serious problems
Rochester takes in more than 700 refugees annually from countries often devastated by wars and regional conflicts. And though the refugees are screened for mental and physical health issues, new research out of the University of Rochester shows that the screenings don’t always detect developmental delays in children because of cultural differences and communication issues. […]
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Refugees welcome
Pasted on the front door of Park Ave. Pets on Monroe Avenue is a small sticker with a simple line drawing of a family of four with luggage. Underneath them it says, “Refugees Welcome.” Lisa Jacques, the longtime owner of the store, says that a friend e-mailed her an article about the storefront sticker campaign, […]
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The dirty fight for farmland in Latin America
Even though much of the world’s food supply still comes from small farmers, those same farmers from Honduras to the Philippines increasingly cannot feed their own families, and they’re fighting for survival. A wave of “land-grabbing” has swept across continents over the last 30 years — a phenomenon cited in a 2014 report by the […]
