Welcoming Afghans Part II

This week, the story of one organization in Ohio that is showing up in a big way for Afghan evacuees: The International Institute of Akron has been welcoming immigrants and refugees to Akron for over 100 years, but recent changes in the refugee ceiling – and then the military withdrawal from Afghanistan this year – has changed their work in big ways. In the second part of our multi-part series about helping Afghan evacuees, we speak with Madhu Sharma, the Executive Director of The International Institute of Akron . Find out more about how The International Institute of Akron is helping Afghan individuals and families at their website .

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Welcoming Afghans Part II is an episode from Only in America with Ali Noorani by National Immigration Forum.

This episode is 15:31 long.

This episode was published on Oct 26, 2021.

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