Refugees

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What will it take to restart refugee admissions? Seattle judge presses Trump's DOJ for details

A Seattle judge said he's seeking a timeline for the Trump administration to "turn back on" the system of refugee admissions for those already approved to travel to the U.S. before President Trump's order suspending the program.
- Amy Radil
Refugees are still coming to Washington state despite Trump's policies. But help is hard to find

Unlike other refugees who must wait for the government to book their travel and connect them with a resettlement agency, some refugees can buy their own plane tickets if they have the means. But once they arrive in the U.S., there’s no guarantee the federal government will offer them any help at all.
- Eilís O'Neill
Author Putsata Reang describes life as a refugee when 'you cannot go in the water or come up on land'

This is KUOW's book club, and we just read through the first half of Putsata Reang's memoir "Ma and Me."
- Katie Campbell
Trump tracker: Washington state's legal challenges to the administration

KUOW has compiled a comprehensive guide to Washington state's responses to the Trump administration.
- Teo Popescu
Federal judge in Seattle questions Trump's move to block refugees

A federal judge in Seattle is questioning the U.S. government’s compliance with a court order to restart the refugee resettlement program.
- Eilís O'Neill
Lawsuit targeting Trump’s refugee ban to go before federal judge in Seattle

A legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive order freezing refugee arrivals and funding is scheduled for a hearing before U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead in Seattle on Tuesday. Individual plaintiffs along with three nonprofits serving refugees are asking the court to put the order on hold while the case proceeds.
- Amy Radil
New refugees in Washington are promised 90 days of support. A Trump order ended that

Refugee resettlement organizations received a memo Friday, Jan. 24, ordering them to stop helping refugees and not to incur additional expenses. The stop-work order has threatened the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of refugees in Washington state.
- Eilís O'Neill
Western Washington groups scramble to admit refugees before Trump’s inauguration

Advocacy groups are working nonstop to admit refugees into the U.S. as quickly as possible, in case the incoming Trump administration shuts the door to additional arrivals.
- Eilís O'Neill
90 days to make a life: One Afghan family’s resettlement in Washington state

Afghans continue to top the list of new refugee arrivals in Washington state. More than 5,000 have resettled here in the past two years. For this first wave of refugees from Afghanistan, it can be a lot to figure out from scratch. Especially when the resettlement process gives families only three months of support.
- Kamna Shastri
U.K. Parliament approves a plan to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda

The British government has pushed the plan as a way to deter asylum-seekers from taking boats to Britain. But the U.N. human rights office has warned aviation authorities not to take part.
- Fatima Al-Kassab

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