Shah Alam, a refugee from Myanmar, had spent much of the previous year in custody awaiting trial on criminal charges that were ultimately resolved with a misdemeanor plea deal, according to Reuters.
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Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
26 Feb. 2026
Murphy’s guest to the rally was Fereshteh Ganjavi, the founder and executive director of Elena’s Light, a Connecticut nonprofit that supports refugee women.
Big game hunters, backpackers, river runners, national park visitors, artists and musicians all make the long trek into Big Bend National Park for the wilderness, the wildlands and the solitude.
Pahlavi has spent nearly half a century in exile, living a life of extraordinary comfort made possible by the immense wealth his father removed from Iran before the monarchy collapsed.
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Jalil Pakray,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2026
Other names on the terrorism list include Miami exiles, journalists, and influencers.
The city’s Hadhramis are descendants of the emigrants from Yemen’s Hadhramout region who began settling in Johor in the 1800s.
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Jeff Chu,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
Malinin is the son of two former Olympic skaters, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov, Russian emigrants who competed for Uzbekistan but came to Virginia in 1998.
And with members' own reelection hopes beginning to clash with some politically unpopular policies coming from the White House, the number of Republican defectors could grow as the midterm elections approach.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
In 2006, Russian defector Alexander Litvinenko died after drinking a cup of tea laced with radioactive polonium-210 in a London hotel.
The couple moved to the Middle East and worked as pastor and pastor’s wife, ministering to expatriates, learning Arabic and homeschooling their growing brood.
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Rachel Clarke,
CNN Money,
22 Feb. 2026
The open eateries were sparsely filled and had attracted a mix of Saudis and expatriates.
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