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World’s refugee orphans seeking homes in the U.S.

February 24, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HOLLISTON, Mass. (AP) — Hiding from merciless militiamen and trekking through unforgiving mountainous terrain, Madhel Majok escaped the mass slayings and genocide of the Sudan that killed his parents. The 9-year-old orphan fled to neighboring Kenya, where he then survived vigilante shellings on his crowded refugee camp.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, Catholic Bishops, Congo, Gabriel Mugisha, Holliston High School, Kenya, Leicester High School, Lian Sian Kim, Lian Sian Sang, Lutheran Social Services, Madhel Majok, Mary Bartholomew, Myanmar, Paul Boulanger, Peter Zimmerman, Refugee Resettlement, State Refugee Coordinator Charles Shipman, Sudan, Tim Irwin, Unaccompanied Refugee Minor, United States, Vol 29 No 9 | February 27 - March 5

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