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These Native Americans Might Be the Country's First Climate Change Refugees

2016-02-27 15:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Vice: Sometime in the next few years, the remaining two dozen or so families of Louisiana's Isle de Jean Charles will pack up their stuff and leave for good. They'll leave behind homes that some of the Native American residents have lived in for generations, and they'll watch from afar as what's left of the island gets swallowed by the surrounding waters. "All of our history, all of our ancestral line -- that's where our people are buried. That's where our family members were born," island native...

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VIDEO: Sydney sisters give refugees a helping hand

2016-02-17 02:41:20| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

With Australia giving sanctuary to 12,000 Syrian refugees, two Sydney sisters are doing their bit for integration by offering hospitality training in their restaurant.

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The sisters offering jobs to Syrian refugees

2016-02-17 00:52:00| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The sisters offering jobs to Syrian refugees

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Lexpert: Canada moves to accepting U.S. corporate tax refugees

2016-02-03 22:56:04| Waste Management - Topix.net

From accepting U.S. draft dodgers in the 1960s, Canada has moved in more recent times to accepting U.S. corporate tax refugees. The most recent example? Texas-based Waste Connections Inc., which is buying Canada's Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. and relocating the parent company to Ontario.

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