refugees

Legislative Emergency Board will consider the request based on a 12-month plan outlined by Rep. Khanh Pham and Sen. Kayse Jama who have led Oregon’s effort to welcome Afghan refugees.

Sen. Kayse Jama and Rep. Khanh Pham are at the center of an effort to coordinate responses between the nonprofits sector and government agencies as the local Afghan community details horrific accounts of family members trapped in Kabul.

Sen. Kayse Jama and Rep. Khanh Pham say Oregon is well-poised to help those fleeing Afghanistan as the Taliban takes over.

Lewiston, Maine and Somalia are nearly 7,000 miles apart, and could not be more different culturally. Or could not have been, past tense. Because Lewiston…

The stories of the refugees are truly sad: they fled in a hurry from their homes with few possessions and a risky journey ahead. The stories of the people…

June 20th is World Refugee Day, a day to think about the people who left their homes because they HAD to, seldom knowing where they would end up. The…

The refugees arriving in rickety boats in the Mediterranean are half a world away. But not for Stratis Valamios and Father Christoforos Schuff, who goes…

The world gasped at the picture of the Syrian boy, Omran Daqneesh, covered in dirt and blood after his home was bombed in Aleppo. It's clear why people…

Accepting refugees from war-torn countries has already been an issue in this election year, and probably will be again. That does not deter the efforts of…

Refugees from Syria garnered the headlines in recent months, but they are far from the first people to flee war and oppression. The end of World War II…

Fred Stockwell made a living taking photographs, casting his eyes and lenses about for stunning images. He finally saw one he could not take his eyes off:…

Kimberly Carlson's novel "Out of the Shadows" combines two of her passions: a love of writing and concerns about the people of Darfur, in Africa.Carlson…