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Boston Calling: The Paris Connection

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21/11/2015 GMT

The Paris Connection

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US governors vow to bar Syrian migrants from resettling in their states

In the wake of the attacks in Paris, more than half of America's governors have publicly vowed to block the entry of Syrian migrants into their states. We hear from one Syrian immigrant in Boston who calls this move ‘reactionary’ at best, victim-blaming at worst. Then: Deah Barakat may be gone, but his dream to build a dental clinic for Syrian migrants in Turkey lives on. And, we take a visit to an Ohio supermarket where immigrants get a surprising crash course on the American pharmacy.

Plus: how the current concern over Syrians coming to the US echoes similar concerns over Jewish refugees during World War II. An American professional basketball player tells us why he refused to play a game in France. And we listen back to a legendary show at the Bataclan concert hall— a 1972 performance by The Velvet Underground.

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