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Baltimore hotel welcomes refugees - as employees
18 Feb 2011 A programme to provide jobs and career opportunities to refugees resettled in the United States city of Baltimore is paying dividends for one employer. -
Q&A: Jewish agency in US marks 130 years of protecting the persecuted
3 Feb 2011 The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society is the oldest US migration and refugee resettlement agency. It helps some of the world's most vulnerable refugee. -
Q&A: Encouraging talking in class by connecting refugee and US school children
20 Jan 2011 The US-based Darfur Dream Team is supporting education in camps in eastern Chad while creating bonds between refugee and American school children. -
US journalism students create website to record visits to refugee camps
17 Dec 2010 Journalism students from the US have been visiting UNHCR-run refugee camps in Africa and the Middle East and recording the experience on a new website. -
Q&A: Former Bosnian refugee promotes technology to bring hope to the displaced
24 Nov 2010 Leila Toplic fled from Bosnia and Herzegovina when she was 18. Today, she works in Paris for Microsoft while also helping to raise awareness about refugees. -
Q&A: Sisters in a "Sweet Rush" to make music and help Somalis
2 Nov 2010 Siham and Iman Hashi, the first female Somali artists to sign a record deal with a major US label, discuss their music and the plight of their people. -
For resettled refugees in Baltimore, many needs, one destination
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UNHCR mourns death of an architect of the 1951 Refugee Convention
19 Oct 2010 The UN refugee agency pays tribute to an architect of the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, American legal scholar Louis Henkin, who died last week aged 92. -
Q&A: US State Department Bureau aids the displaced while promoting humanitarian policies
13 Sep 2010 For the past year, Eric Schwartz has headed the US State Department bureau that deals with refugees. He discusses his experiences and US policy.