The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

The University of Vermont's Independent Voice Since 1883

The Vermont Cynic

Financial services and earnings of refugees

Financial services and earnings of refugees

Gabriella Marchesi and Sarang Murthy April 21, 2017

Access to Financial Services Access to low rate credit may be a hinderance to anyone with very little credit history. Raising equity or debt capital may also not be the easiest for such individuals...

Housing and local employment for refugees

Housing and local employment for refugees

Gabriella Marchesi and Sarang Murthy April 13, 2017

Housing The Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program handles all refugees’ housing needs from the time they arrive in Vermont. A housing manager secures an affordable apartment for the family,...

Vermont refugees employment issues

Vermont refugees’ employment issues

Gabriella Marchesi and Sarang Murthy April 6, 2017

Current Refugee Situation In the fiscal year 2015, the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants reported 69, 948 refugee admissions nationally. Three hundred-twelve of these refugees, hailing...

Trump’s claims frame refugees as terrorists

Trump’s claims frame refugees as terrorists

Lily Spechler March 23, 2017

"This is a nation-wide soul search,” my father’s friend Dmitri said regarding the Syrian refugee crisis. Dmitri is the son of Greek refugees, political asylum seekers, who fled Greece in...

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