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Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi at the State Department.

Viewers 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.

Investigative 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.…

Nazanin 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.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with recently resettled Afghans and volunteers from local refugee agencies in Alexandria, Virginia.

As 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…

Secretary 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…

Homeland 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…

Professor 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…

Migration Policy Institute senior fellow Mark Greenberg talked about Afghan refugee processing and resettlement programs in the U.S.

International Refugee Assistance Project’s Sunil Varghese talked about the U.S. policy on acceptance of refugees leaving Afghanistan.

Viewers responded to the question “Would you welcome Afghan refugees in your community?”

The 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.…

Migration Policy Institute’s Randy Capps talked about the Biden administration’s approach to the number of refugees allowed into the United States.

Historian 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…

The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration held a hearing on U.S. policy toward refugees from Hong Kong. The committee first heard from Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Marco…

The House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing on U.S.-Syria policy with Special Envoy for Syria Joel Rayburn. Among the topics discussed were Syria’s humanitarian crisis, refugees being forced to…

Jessica Goudeau discussed the human side of the refugee system in the United States. This virtual event was hosted by the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown…

This 1946 Academy Award-winning short U.S. Army film depicts the crisis of millions of refugees and orphans at the end of World War II. Showing many graphic scenes of traumatized, hungry,…

Lual Mayen recounted his journey from life as a South Sudanese refugee to a Washington, D.C.-based video game developer and CEO of his company Junub Games. He was gaining acclaim for his work on peace and conflict…