/tags/refugees-from-afghanistan refugees from Afghanistan en-US Copyright Wed, 11 Oct 2023 09:00:00 GMT /news/2023-10-11/black-mauritanians-are-seeking-asylum-in-ohio-advocates-want-federal-protection Black Mauritanians face ethnic discrimination and violence in their West African home country. They come to Ohio for a better life, but advocates say more needs to be done to protect their legal status in the U.S. Wed, 11 Oct 2023 09:00:00 GMT /news/2023-10-11/black-mauritanians-are-seeking-asylum-in-ohio-advocates-want-federal-protection Kendall Crawford /news/2023-08-23/two-years-on-afghan-evacuees-in-ohio-face-legal-limbo More than 1,700 families were resettled in Ohio after the Afghan government collapsed to the Taliban two years ago. The immigration program they came through, humanitarian parole, expired in August, leaving their future uncertain. Wed, 23 Aug 2023 08:23:00 GMT /news/2023-08-23/two-years-on-afghan-evacuees-in-ohio-face-legal-limbo Alejandro Figueroa, WYSO /government-politics/2022-08-15/more-than-1-700-people-evacuated-from-afghanistan-have-resettled-in-ohio-in-the-last-year It's been a year today since the Taliban took over Afghanistan. Mon, 15 Aug 2022 20:49:51 GMT /government-politics/2022-08-15/more-than-1-700-people-evacuated-from-afghanistan-have-resettled-in-ohio-in-the-last-year Jo Ingles /news/2021-09-17/refugees-are-coming-to-ohio-heres-why-and-how-theyre-doing-it Ohio Governor Mike DeWine's spokesman says the process is set by the federal government Fri, 17 Sep 2021 19:22:20 GMT /news/2021-09-17/refugees-are-coming-to-ohio-heres-why-and-how-theyre-doing-it Jo Ingles