U.S. sponsors apply to welcome 216,000 Ukrainian refugees under Biden policy
Americans across nearly 10,000 zip codes in all 50 states have applied to sponsor Ukrainians displaced by the Russian invasion of their homeland.
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Americans across nearly 10,000 zip codes in all 50 states have applied to sponsor Ukrainians displaced by the Russian invasion of their homeland.
This Friday marks one year since Russia invaded Ukraine, and tonight MTV is sharing the stories of teenagers who fled to Poland.
CBS Mornings Co-Host Tony Dokoupil joins us live from Poland, where many Ukrainians are seeking refuge.
Scott Pelley reports from a gateway to and from the war in Ukraine, the train station in Przemysl, Poland. Ukrainians there are defiant.
The items are going to refugees at the Fort Dix military base in New Jersey who are in desperate need after leaving everything behind.
Troops are helping stock the base with supplies, and the federal government will connect the refugees with resettlement organizations.
In a letter to the White House, Murphy said he believes the refugees could make enormous contributions to the state.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy also signed an executive order Thursday to create a state Office of New Americans.
Several thousand Central American migrants turned down a Mexican offer of benefits if they applied for refugee status and stayed in the country's two southernmost states
We've heard a lot about refugees recently, but we haven't heard much from them. Unless you listen to the Refugee Orchestra.
President Donald Trump signed an executive action Friday night, suspending the nation's refugee program and temporarily banning those coming from countries with terrorism concerns.
A special naturalization ceremony has been held in Central Park in honor of World Refugee Day.
The treacherous Mediterranean Sea crossing from Libya to Italy has claimed the lives of over 1,030 migrants in the last week, mostly as barely seaworthy smuggling boats foundered and sank despite calm seas and sunny skies, a migration agency said Tuesday, citing new accounts from survivors.
"This is a cult of evil, everyone," he said of the Islamic State group in a speech Tuesday to the Council on Foreign Relations.
