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LFSC Greensboro

One Response to “LFSC Greensboro”

LFSC Greensboro contract non-compliant long before media involvement « Friends of Refugees said

June 16, 2010 at 2:06 am
[...] neglecting their refugee clients a year-and-a-half before they got caught by the local media (here). Previous coverage is here, here and [...]

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