World Relief to lay off 140 US staff because of Trump refugee move
Source: Reuters
16 FEB 2017 AT 10:37 ET
The World Relief refugee resettlement group will lay off more than 140 employees because of President Donald Trump’s order barring refugees from entering the United States, the nonprofit organization said.
The Baltimore-based group said the layoffs were due to the closure of five offices, or a fifth of its U.S. total, that have resettled more than 25,000 refugees over the past four decades.
“Our staff at each of these locations have served diligently and sacrificially – some of them for many years – and we are deeply saddened to have to make this difficult decision,” World Relief President Scott Arbeiter said in a statement on Wednesday.
The shuttered offices are in Boise, Idaho; Columbus, Ohio; Miami, Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; and Glen Burnie, Maryland.
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