Refugees

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A Rohingya teen escaped genocide in Myanmar. This is how he ended up on Mercer Island.

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How my 90-year-old neighbor, a Holocaust survivor, sees America today

One of the world's biggest cities was once a safe haven for Jewish refugees. During World War II, more than 18,000 Jews sought refuge in Shanghai. They witnessed the war from a perspective that often goes unheard. My neighbor Werner Glass is one of them.

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Trump wants fewer refugees. Here's what that could mean for Seattle

Kim Malcolm talks with Rabbi Will Berkovitz about how Trump's plan to reduce the number of refugees in the U.S. will impact the refugee community in the Puget Sound region. Berkovitz is CEO of Jewish Family Service in Seattle.

'I'm beginning to hear a needle drop.' Poet reflects on family ghosts

Denver poet Diana Khoi Nguyen's family is haunted by bees. It's easier for them to speak about the bees than it is to speak about her brother's suicide....

Honduran mom freed from Tacoma detention still can't see her 6-year-old son

Yolany Padilla and her six-year-old son, Jelsin, crossed the border into Texas in May after fleeing Honduras, one of the world's most violent nations....

From refugee to celebrated storyteller: Viet Thanh Nguyen’s American journey

Viet Thanh Nguyen is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. He was awarded that honor in 2016 for his debut novel “The Sympathizer.” Then he received a...

Bringing the migrant crisis home, one impossible monument at a time

Last Saturday’s biological weapons attack in Syria set off yet another wave of involuntary migration. Lebanese-American artist Mary Ann Peters says that...

I’m a survivor of genocide. Here’s what I found when I went back to Cambodia

For Cambodian Americans, April marks the Khmer new year. It's also when survivors of the Cambodian genocide remember the fall of Phnom Penh. Sameth Mell...

Refugee youth share funny stories about life in America

KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media partnered with the Coalition for Refugees from Burma to run a six-week podcasting workshop with refugee youth at Kent...