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Denver’s experiment in providing a soft landing for newly arrived migrants and asylum-seekers isn’t cheap – but doing nothing might cost more

  • Written by Anita Alves Pena, Professor of Economics, Colorado State University

The burden of supporting asylum-seekers with food and housing often falls to cities, creating severebudget crunches. But Denver is piloting a new approach designed to integrate immigrants into the workforce faster.

The Denver Asylum Seekers Program offers six months of rent-free housing along with legal assistance, food aid and workforce training....

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Fastter, an Australian first creative telecommunications studio that develops and manages virtual mobile networks for Australia’s largest brands, ha...