refugees

The nonprofit coffee shop in North Dallas has a mission that goes beyond just jobs for refugees and asylum seekers. To help them adapt to life in the U.S., it's also offering employees educational support and scholarships.

The U.S. Department of State-run program known as Welcome Corps allows U.S. citizens or permanent residents to sponsor a refugee or refugee family. Texas is one of the states leading the way in the number of application submissions.

A Dallas nonprofit provides refugee women with sewing lessons to help them secure employment.

Volunteers packed bags and boxes of food to help refugee families put a proper evening meal on the table during the Muslim holy month.

After the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 2021, Assadullah Nazar’s family fled to Qatar, more than 1,000 miles from their home country. Nazar and his wife and daughter spent about five days in the sheikdom’s airport on the Arabian Peninsula before they could seek refuge in the U.S.

Other resettlement agencies in Texas are taking on clients of the now defunct Refugee Services of Texas, but some say that process has been slow-going and confusing.

The Biden Administration has extended Temporary Protected Status for more than 300,000 residents from four countries, but thousands more have no protections.

One of the new U.S. rules says you can't request asylum unless you've already been denied in another country. Mexico is getting more applications than ever, and crowded shelters have turn people away.

Refugee Services of Texas, the state’s largest resettlement agency, has closed after 45 years. KERA’s Stella Chavez spoke with Justin Martin about what this means.

Texas is expected to receive twice as many refugees this fiscal year than last fiscal year — A Fort Worth group has opened a new office in Dallas to help meet those needs.

A Vickery Meadow landlord embroiled in a lawsuit with the City of Dallas has lost a jury trial in a separate case. It may complicate whether repairs happen at his apartments, as the city wants.

The kids at the Play4More Camp design soccer balls that are sold in the buy-one-give-one style.