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The U.S. State Department is ending a plan that could have resettled refugees in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts…
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The Obama administration has screened and admitted more than 12,000 Syrian refugees, and thousands more are due to arrive in the coming year. In what has…
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The group that works to resettle refugees in Vermont is opening an office in Rutland and is looking to hire staff ahead of the expected arrival of up to…
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A photographer who spent the past year covering the refugee crisis in Germany, Greece and the Balkans will detail what he saw during a talk at Williams…
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Hundreds of people turned out for a meeting Monday about bringing refugees, likely from Syria and Iraq, to Pittsfield.Working with the federal government,…
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Two public forums are scheduled this week about an initiative to resettle refugees including some from Syria in Northampton, Massachusetts. The meetings…
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In April, Rutland Mayor Christopher Louras announced plans, coordinated with the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program, to bring up to 100 Syrians to the…
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A Syrian refugee was in Albany Thursday to take part in a panel discussion, "Facing the Global Immigration and Refugee Crisis," at The State University of…
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With debate raging over who should be allowed into the country, some municipalities in our region are taking steps to welcome refugees from Syria and…
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Two things have been capturing our attention, the plight of Syrian refugees, and the environmental summit in Paris. They are in fact closely…