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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Refugees

People doing good · War

Canada has a lot to teach us

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 20, 2017, 10:44 AM Feb 20, 2017
15

Some people can look away from the killings and attacks on innocent people in Syria. And then there are the Canadians. Read more →

Crime and Justice

Refugee flight to Canada prompts one reporter to lend a hand

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 15, 2017, 1:49 PM Feb 15, 2017
12

A refugee from Somali had been walking for 21 hours when he crossed from Minnesota to Canada. He was nearly frozen. A CBC reporter met him and put him in his car to warm him up and called the police. Does that challenge an ethic that says journalists shouldn’t get involved in the stories they cover? Read more →

War

Embracing refugees, Nebraska shows its heart

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 6, 2017, 9:35 AM Feb 6, 2017
6

For years, Star Tribune legend Sid Hartman warned his legions against the Twin Cities becoming ‘a cold Omaha.’ Maybe that’s not such a bad thing. Read more →

Politics

The Syrian refugees one year later

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 6, 2016, 11:30 AM Dec 6, 2016
2

It was one year ago Sunday that Canada’s prime minister greeted a planeload of Syrian refugees from Lebanon, welcoming them to his country. Read more →

Regional history

Decades later, Vietnam refugee returns to thank Hibbing

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 2, 2016, 7:43 AM Aug 2, 2016
2

It’s hard not to imagine what the family might have contributed to a better Iron Range had his family spent more than a year in the Iron Range town on his way to a better life. Read more →

Health

Backlash follows TV report on ‘health dangers’ from refugees

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 18, 2016, 8:36 AM May 18, 2016
16

‘Could kindness be bad for your health?’ the Valley News Live story asked the other night, noting the Centers for Disease Control report that tuberculosis rates are rising in the country for the first time in 20 years. Read more →

War

Camerawoman to sue Facebook, refugee over tripping

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 21, 2015, 1:37 PM Oct 21, 2015
3

Petra Laszlo, the woman who tripped refugees while filming them escaping from custody in Hungary last month, certainly has a knack for public relations. Read more →

War

1,000 Words: The migrant children

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 2, 2015, 12:36 PM Sep 2, 2015
6

The mass migration of people trying to flee war has one constant: the children. Always the children. Read more →

War

Lost refugee boy photo lacked important context: He wasn’t lost

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 18, 2014, 11:07 AM Feb 18, 2014
0

A picture is worth a thousand words and sometimes 999 of the words are wrong. This tweet raced across the Internet this week. It showed a boy “all alone” in the desert, fleeing the violence of Syria. It was based on a picture distributed by a U.N. agency. Here 4 year old Marwan, who was Read more →

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