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Learn about cultural orientation programs and activities around the world.

An Overseas CO Program Highlight on the provision of CO to Iranian religious minorities in Vienna. (8/1/08)

Also available: information on CO provided and characteristics of CO class participants in West and East Africa, Iraqis, refugees from Burma, and the 1972 Burundians, in the Highlight Archives.

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Learn about orientation provided to refugees in the United States.

Also, access the Domestic Service Providers Toolkit, containing CO resources on numerous topics for domestic resettlement professionals.

Most Recent update: Employment (8/18/08)

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Refugee Admissions Statistics for Federal Fiscal Year 2009

Find FY2009 statistics for refugee admissions to the U.S., by region and country, as of October 31, 2008.
View final FY2008 statistics, as of September 30, 2008.

Supplement to Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal

Additional information about considerations for the resettlement of Bhutanese refugees

Refugee Backgrounder #4: Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal

Read or download an overview of the incoming Bhutanese refugees written to help U.S. resettlement workers prepare for the refugees’ arrival and resettlement needs. Also, access the COR Center's Backgrounders on the 1972 Burundians, the Kunama, and the Banyamulenge Tutsi.

CO Trainers' Exchange 2007 Executive Summary and Individual Reports

In May 2007, six domestic resettlement professionals visited a number of the overseas sites offering CO to U.S.-bound refugees. Read the Executive Summary or see the secondees' individual reports and slideshows.

Refugees from Burma: Their Backgrounds and Refugee Experiences

This profile provides information about the diverse histories, cultures, and refugee experiences of the refugees from Burma, with a focus on the Burmans, the Karen and their various subgroups, and the Chin.  Learn more.

Refugee Families and Refugee Youth Orientation Videos

COR Center’s orientation videos, A New Day: Refugee Families in the United States, and Be Who You Are: Refugee Youth in the United States are available. Learn more.

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Refugee News from around the United States

Read about a Vietnamese landscape photographer's exhibit on war preparations and on Vietnam war re-enactments; an Iraqi oud player's efforts to introduce the oud, and his Iraq, to the American people, and a recent Iraqi arrival trying to establish a new life in Portland, OR.

Refugees in the News
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