Refugees

Anna Crosslin is joined by St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay to talk about the importance of immigrants in the region. Jan 30, 2017

Officials: St. Louis would be worse place without immigrants

Shula Neuman

St. Louis leaders are decrying the Trump administration’s executive order that bars refugees from coming to the United States for 120 days. The order also…

Activists stage a rally at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Saturday against President Trump's order barring travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries for 90 days.

5 Questions About The Law And Trump's Immigration Order

Carrie Johnson

The order on immigration has sparked a number of legal challenges, but the issues involved are far from settled.

Bosnians gathered near the Sebilj Fountain

Arts

Bosnia Memory Project to expand work in area high schools

Affton High School teacher Brian Jennings will never forget watching former student Dino Svraka record an oral history contribution for the Bosnia Memory…

Faizan Sayed, executive director of Missouri’s branch of the Council on American Islamic Relations, organized a news conference to speak out against current events in Syria.

Government, Politics & Issues

Local advocates call for stronger U.S. response to war-torn Aleppo

Several of the 300 families of Syrian refugees who have settled in the St. Louis area this year are still afraid to publicly condemn their former…

Arjun Sidhu holds an American flag while sitting with his mother, Mandeep Sidhu, originally from India, at a naturalization ceremony held at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site on Nov. 10, 2016.

Government, Politics & Issues

As some endure post-election anxiety, new U.S. citizens in St. Louis are full of hope

While much of the nation remains at odds over the results of the November elections, some people are feeling more optimistic for the future than ever.…

Kamila Kahistani cast her first vote as an American citizen in 2016's November election.

Government, Politics & Issues

After the election, local immigration advocates and their clients look for answers

In response to an outpouring of client concern, local immigrant advocacy organizations are hosting information sessions on what a Trump presidency will…

St. Louis resident Imre Jokuti, who fought in the Hungarian resistance, drinks a toast to those lost during the 1956 failed revolution against the Soviet Union during a commemoration Friday, Nov. 4, 2016.

Arts

Hungarian resistance fighter tells story of escape during 1956 revolution

Friday marked the 60th anniversary of the Soviet Union's crackdown that ended the Hungarian revolution. Imre Jokuti of St. Louis fought with the…

Imre Jokuti, who escaped from Hungary while fighting in the revolution, sings the Hungarian national anthem at St. Mary of Victories Church on Nov. 4, 2016.

Arts

St. Louis Hungarian community remembers 60th anniversary of revolution against Soviets

Wearing a ribbon with the Hungarian flag’s red, white and green colors attached to his lapel, Albert Futo sang a hymn in his native tongue with the St.…

South Sudanese families sit with bags of food rations at the Ayilo Settlement Camp in northern Uganda. Refugees have been coming out of South Sudan in growing numbers since fighting resume there this summer.

As South Sudan Fights, Refugees Flow Into Uganda

Durrie Bouscaren

South Sudan has been in turmoil for much of the five years since it became independent. That trouble is spilling over into northern Uganda, where refugees are flowing in.

South Sudanese refugees wait to receive food rations in northen Uganda.

Health, Science & Environment

A peek at daily life in northern Uganda’s refugee camps

Updated 3 p.m., Sept. 28 with Durrie Bouscaren's interview on St. Louis on the Air from Uganda.Heavy fighting in South Sudan has pushed about 150,000…