Refugees Waiting Overseas in Limbo as US Shutdown Continues
667 views · Published 12 October 2013 · 2:25 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2013 · News & Politics
The U.S. government shutdown has temporarily frozen resettlement of refugees in some parts of the United States. Dozens from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East who hoped to arrive in the Midwest state of Missouri in October are in limbo abroad. As VOA's Kane Farabaugh reports from St. Louis, family members anxiously awaiting their arrival fear the longer the shutdown goes on, the less likely they will reach their destination.
