Former Representative David Bonior (D-MI) and retired Catholic priest Peter Daly talked about their trip to Poland and Ukraine to meet with Ukrainian war refugees and the people who are…
493 viewsJosh Smith talked about the state of the U.S. refugee system and ways to improve it.
327 viewsPrincipal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel briefed reporters on a range of foreign policy issues. He was joined by Assistant Secretary of State Julieta Valls Noyes to discuss the launch of…
272 viewsSecretary Blinken participated in a memorandum of understanding signing ceremony with the Tent Partnership for Refugees at the State Department.
153 viewsThe House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on National Security held a hearing on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine after four months of attacks from Russia. In the first panel, Chef Jose Andres, the…
625 viewsSecretary of State Antony Blinken met with U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi at the State Department.
134 viewsViewers commented on U.S., NATO, and EU meetings on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as well as the decision by the Biden administration to admit Ukrainian refugees to the U.S.
1,243 viewsInvestigative reporter Elly Fishman discussed her book, Refugee High, about the 2017-2018 school year at Roger C. Sullivan High School in Chicago, where nearly half the students are immigrants.…
339 viewsNazanin Ash, CEO of the non-profit Welcome.US, talked about her group’s efforts “to engage and mobilize all Americans to welcome and support refugees” from Afghanistan.
469 viewsSecretary of State Antony Blinken met with recently resettled Afghans and volunteers from local refugee agencies in Alexandria, Virginia.
63 viewsAs he departed the White House South Lawn, President Biden responded to a question from a reporter on the Belarus-Poland migrant border crisis. He said, “I think it’s of great concern. We’ve communicated our…
400 viewsSecretary of State Antony Blinken met with interagency staff in Germany assisting in the processing of Afghan evacuees arriving from Qatar and elsewhere before they travel onto the United…
333 viewsHomeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas made remarks on the resettlement of Afghans in the United States following U.S. withdrawal from the country. The resettlement operation, called “Operation…
735 viewsProfessor Maria Cristina Garcia talked about the United States' refugee policy since World War II. She spoke about qualifications to be a refugee and how those have changed as well as…
1,077 viewsMigration Policy Institute senior fellow Mark Greenberg talked about Afghan refugee processing and resettlement programs in the U.S.
457 viewsInternational Refugee Assistance Project’s Sunil Varghese talked about the U.S. policy on acceptance of refugees leaving Afghanistan.
606 viewsViewers responded to the question “Would you welcome Afghan refugees in your community?”
1,202 viewsThe House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations held a hearing with government officials on the federal response to unaccompanied children at the border.…
409 viewsMigration Policy Institute’s Randy Capps talked about the Biden administration’s approach to the number of refugees allowed into the United States.
279 viewsHistorian David Nasaw discussed the one million refugees throughout Europe in the years following World War II. This was a virtual event hosted by the Carnegie Council for Ethics in…
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