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Understanding the refugee influx in Ukraine

Maggie Brennen March 8, 2022

Analyzing why the EU is so accepting of Ukrainians The people of Ukraine are experiencing the unimaginable right now. One mother’s house was destroyed by a shell while her and her daughters were...

Dr. Twayigira spoke on refugee education. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

Survival through education: a refugee’s hope

Erin Breen March 5, 2019

Refugee education advocate and Rwandan Genocide survivor Dr. Mireille Twayigira, M.D., spoke about her experiences as a refugee in a lecture on Feb. 27. In 1994, two-year-old Twayigira and her family...

Data courtesy of the City of Philadelphia

St. Joe’s group helps resettled refugees

Erin Breen February 12, 2019

Philadelphia-area efforts continue despite federal pullback The university’s Refugee & Immigrant Working Group (RIWG) is working to find ways to support new refugees in the Greater Philadelphia...

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