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3500 Refugees Resettle in North Carolina During 2016

Refugee Resettlement in North Carolina
Refugee Story pt. 2
Part two of Refugee Story broadcast 12-14-16
Thakur Mishra of Carolina Refugee Resettlement Agency
Interview with Thakur Mishra on Refugee Resettlement in North Carolina.
Marsha Hirsch of Carolina Refugee Resettlement Agency
Interview with Marsha Hirsch on Refugee Resettlement in North Carolina.
Ann Corcoran, editor of Refugee Resettlement Watch
Interview with Ann Corcoran on Refugee Resettlement in North Carolina.

Some 3500 refugees from around the world will have made North Carolina their home this year. Who are they, what caused them to be refugees, and how do they get here? What does the U.S. government do to decide who they admit, and how does the process work? WNCW’s Joe Kendrick spoke with Marsha Hirsch and Thakur Mishra of the Carolina Refugee Resettlement Agency from Charlotte, and Paul Foster interviewed Ann Corcoran, editor of Refugee Resettlement Watch, to get some of these basic questions answered. Photo courtesy of https://carolinarefugee.org/

Joe Kendrick grew up far off in the woods in rural Stanfield, NC, where he acquired his first Sony Walkman, listened to both AM and FM radio from Charlotte, went to Nascar races at Charlotte Motor Speedway, attended a small Baptist church, read Rolling Stone, subscribed to cassette clubs, and played one very forgettable season of high school football. From there, Joe studied Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was able to fulfill his dream of being a disc jockey at WXYC. He volunteered at WNCW soon after graduation.