NPR: Afghan refugees https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=520970521 Afghan refugees en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 15 Apr 2025 20:26:11 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Afghan refugees https://www.npr.org/tags/520970521/afghan-refugees Afghans in Pakistan awaiting U.S. resettlement are stuck in a treacherous limbo The Trump administration has halted the U.S. refugee program, Pakistan is taking steps to force Afghans out — and their lives may be at risk if they return to their own country. Fri, 07 Mar 2025 05:00:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2025/03/07/g-s1-49493/pakistan-afghans-refugees-resettlement-us-taliban-afghanistan https://www.npr.org/2025/03/07/g-s1-49493/pakistan-afghans-refugees-resettlement-us-taliban-afghanistan

The Trump administration has halted the U.S. refugee program, Pakistan is taking steps to force Afghans out — and their lives may be at risk if they return to their own country.

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]]> Betsy Joles Afghans who helped the U.S. are in dangerous limbo after Trump's order on refugees Tens of thousands of Afghans who risked their lives working for the U.S. government or military are now in limbo after the Trump administration issued two executive orders targeting refugees. Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:45:47 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2025/01/27/nx-s1-5273521/trump-executive-order-refugee-afghanistan-veterans https://www.npr.org/2025/01/27/nx-s1-5273521/trump-executive-order-refugee-afghanistan-veterans

Tens of thousands of Afghans who risked their lives working for the U.S. government or military are now in limbo after the Trump administration issued two executive orders targeting refugees.

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]]> Diaa Hadid Without immigrants, America's job growth would have stalled Springfield has become a lightning rod in a pitched battle over immigration. Meanwhile, Dayton has welcomed immigrants for more than a decade, to fill vacant jobs and revitalize old neighborhoods. Fri, 20 Sep 2024 17:20:38 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2024/09/20/nx-s1-5108947/immigrants-ohio-dayton-economy-job-growth https://www.npr.org/2024/09/20/nx-s1-5108947/immigrants-ohio-dayton-economy-job-growth

Springfield has become a lightning rod in a pitched battle over immigration. Meanwhile, Dayton has welcomed immigrants for more than a decade, to fill vacant jobs and revitalize old neighborhoods.

]]> Scott Horsley The immigrant population in the U.S. is climbing again, setting a record last year Census Bureau data show the number of foreign-born people rose by nearly a million in 2022 after years of little growth. Experts say the increase coincides with a gradual reboot of legal immigration. Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:01:29 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2023/09/14/1199417599/immigrant-population-us-foreign-born-census-bureau https://www.npr.org/2023/09/14/1199417599/immigrant-population-us-foreign-born-census-bureau

Census Bureau data show the number of foreign-born people rose by nearly a million in 2022 after years of little growth. Experts say the increase coincides with a gradual reboot of legal immigration.

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]]> Joel Rose An Afghan teen makes it to the U.S., but his family is left behind in Kabul As Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021, a teenager got separated from his family at the airport and wound up on a plane without them. He's been living on his own in the U.S. Sun, 23 Jul 2023 05:01:08 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2023/07/23/1188726182/afghanistan-withdrawal-teen-alone-u-s https://www.npr.org/2023/07/23/1188726182/afghanistan-withdrawal-teen-alone-u-s

As Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021, a teenager got separated from his family at the airport and wound up on a plane without them. He's been living on his own in the U.S.

]]> Tom Bowman Since the Taliban takeover, Afghans hoping to leave Afghanistan have few ways out A year after the U.S. withdrawal, tens of thousands of applicants remain stuck in the backlog of the Special Immigrant Visa program, designed to help those who served the U.S. overseas. Mon, 03 Oct 2022 16:59:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2022/10/03/1121053865/afghanistan-refugees-visas https://www.npr.org/2022/10/03/1121053865/afghanistan-refugees-visas

A year after the U.S. withdrawal, tens of thousands of applicants remain stuck in the backlog of the Special Immigrant Visa program, designed to help those who served the U.S. overseas.

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]]> D. Parvaz The next challenge for Afghan refugees is finding affordable housing and jobs Afghan refugees have left their first destination in the U.S.: military bases. Now they're resettling in communities around the country. But finding affordable housing makes the transition difficult. Fri, 25 Feb 2022 14:11:19 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2022/02/25/1083029733/afghan-refugees-resettlement-housing-jobs https://www.npr.org/2022/02/25/1083029733/afghan-refugees-resettlement-housing-jobs

Afghan refugees have left their first destination in the U.S.: military bases. Now they're resettling in communities around the country. But finding affordable housing makes the transition difficult.

]]> Deepa Shivaram From Kabul to Virginia: An Afghan family is starting over in America In only a matter of days, the lives of an Afghan family changed forever. After the Taliban took control of Kabul, they were forced to start over in a foreign country. Tue, 25 Jan 2022 05:00:40 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2022/01/25/1068149767/virginia-afghanistan-refugee-family-america https://www.npr.org/2022/01/25/1068149767/virginia-afghanistan-refugee-family-america

In only a matter of days, the lives of an Afghan family changed forever. After the Taliban took control of Kabul, they were forced to start over in a foreign country.

]]> H.J. Mai An Afghan girls soccer team rebelled to play the game they love. Now they're refugees The teenagers on the Afghan girls national soccer team lean on each other as they adjust to a new life in Portugal, where they fled after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Wed, 05 Jan 2022 16:35:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2022/01/05/1069791114/afghanistan-girls-soccer-refugees-portugal https://www.npr.org/2022/01/05/1069791114/afghanistan-girls-soccer-refugees-portugal

The teenagers on the Afghan girls national soccer team lean on each other as they adjust to a new life in Portugal, where they fled after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

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]]> Joanna Kakissis This 19th-century short story might help combat racism against refugees today India's Rabindranath Tagore was the first nonwhite writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature. His 1892 story, "The Kabuliwala," fostered empathy for migrants and refugees. It still resonates today. Fri, 10 Dec 2021 01:00:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2021/12/10/1055752471/refugees-migrants-afghanistan-india-tagore https://www.npr.org/2021/12/10/1055752471/refugees-migrants-afghanistan-india-tagore Kabuliwala, directed by Hemen Gupta.'/>

India's Rabindranath Tagore was the first nonwhite writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature. His 1892 story, "The Kabuliwala," fostered empathy for migrants and refugees. It still resonates today.

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