Refugees

Little Amal, a puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee, will walk through Huston-Tillotson University and the Texas State Capitol grounds on Friday night.

Refugee Services of Texas, the state’s largest resettlement agency, is shutting down after 45 years. RST made the announcement on Friday.

Many of the Ukrainian refugees who have ended up in Austin include school-age children. To help them with the transition, a group of Ukrainians created a special school for them that meets on Sundays.

Matiullah Noori and his 29 family members are living in a South Austin apartment complex after fleeing Afghanistan last year. The refugee works night shifts so he can take his siblings to school, attend remote classes at Austin Community College and drive his family members wherever they need to go.

For months, governors of Texas and Arizona have been sending charter buses full of migrants to Washington, D.C., and now New York City. Neither local nor federal officials greet them when they arrive.

Soon after Russia invaded Ukraine, Arlington resident Olena Prokhorenko Ogiozee tried to convince her mom to leave. Like many Ukrainians, 68-year-old Nataliya Prokhorenko didn’t want to abandon her city or country.

The district’s refugee family support office will provide interpreters, test student’s English proficiency and help train teachers on how to recognize signs of trauma.

Refugee Services of Texas expects nearly 200 refugees to be resettled in the Austin area by the end of next month. Here's what they need the most.

At least 100 Afghan refugees are expected to arrive in Austin this week, with more coming later.

Any effort to address what's happening on the border has to start with root causes in Central America, says Cecilia Muñoz, who was head of the Domestic Policy Council in the Obama administration.