refugees

Small and subtle, the blue ribbons worn by many celebrities at the Oscars nonetheless had an important message: support refugees.

In a statement, the actor and humanitarian said she felt it was time “to work differently” by directly engaging with refugees and local organizations.

With refugee resettlement agencies overwhelmed after being gutted by the Trump administration, thousands of Americans heeded the call to help Afghans restart their lives in far-flung towns across the United States with little to no immigrant populations. Now the Biden administration is expected to turn the experiment into a permanent program that will allow everyday Americans to resettle people displaced...

People are encouraged to color butterfly templates at San Diego public libraries and write welcome notes, NBC 7’s Amber Frias reports.

For newly-arrived migrants who fled their countries with nothing in hand, a little bit of help and support from the community goes a long way.

A 2-year-old Afghan boy has been reunited with his parents in the U.S. after having been stuck in Afghanistan for nine months, his father told NBC News.

As San Diego prepares to welcome more refugees from around the world, a new study from UC San Diego shows the major challenges refugees have faced during pandemic. COVID-19 led to substantially more job loss and worsening mental health in refugees in San Diego. “We saw that folks in the refugee community had about 30% higher job loss than folks…

A new study from UCSD shows the major challenges refugees families have faced during the pandemic. NBC 7’s Ramon Galindo reports.

First lady Jill Biden has thanked U.S. troops deployed to Romania, where they are serving as a check against Russian aggression.

A San Diego woman is eagerly awaiting the approval of her parents’ Uniting for Ukraine application to welcome them into the U.S.

Victoria Ivanova’s parents are still waiting for their ‘Uniting for Ukraine’ application to be approved. NBC 7’s Madison Weil spoke to Ivanova for more.

The stream of Ukrainian refugees into Poland has slowed in recent weeks, but many more could come if hostilities in Ukraine escalate.

For the first time in days, the welcome center at Calvary San Diego is empty. The church’s campus is much quieter and the number of Ukrainian refugee families present is just one. It’s a much different sight than just hours prior. “Literally two hours ago there were 80 people here but a bus pulls up and all of a...

The United States has sharply increased the number of Ukrainians admitted to the country at the Mexican border as even more refugees fleeing the Russian invasion follow the same circuitous route

As the number of people leaving Ukraine for points west slows, authorities in Poland and other neighboring nations are encouraging refugees from the war to find jobs, especially in health care and education.

President Biden visited a refugee camp in Warsaw, Poland and called Russian President Vladimir Putin “a butcher”

Four weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine, Russian military efforts have failed to capture a major Ukrainian city.

The head of the Ukrainian Consulate in San Francisco says his office has a small, but growing, database of California residents offering to sponsor families fleeing Ukraine and that Governor Gavin Newsom has assured him California is a “refugee friendly state.”

As Russian forces continue to bombard Ukrainian cities, civilians trying to escape the fighting are finding the journey more difficult.

Russia’s military did not expect the resistance it would face from Ukrainian fighters, says former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state Joel Rubin. “The Ukrainian people are incredibly brave and strong, and they are staring down a very large army and putting it in its place,” Rubin said.