By no means a way to puff myself, I would like to let you know that I grew up in an average middle-class family with no relatives who were professionals or even went to college.

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After seeking shelter with relatives who had no room for him, he was eventually taken in by a woman unrelated to his family.

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Some 60, 000 refugees who came to Jaffna are either living with their relatives or in rented houses and many have no jobs.

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So by doing that, he gives people like my parents and relatives, who were raised in a small town with no access to doctors, access to healthcare.

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"Some people may come into our wards as an emergency with no footwear or ill-fitting footwear and it is a few days before relatives can bring them their own clothing, " said Ms Burgess.

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No overstaffing, no girlfriends on the payroll as 'sales secretaries' or 'reservations managers, ' no letting your salaried g.m. use it as a jobs program for her relatives or 'professional colleagues, ' no overloading the hotel with extra salaried management-level employees so we'll have bench strength waiting in the wings if we sign another hotel.

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Critics say the program poses security risks, lures uneducated immigrants and enables individuals with no connection to the U.S. to get into the country more quickly than those sponsored by relatives and employers.

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The abuse is getting worse for one woman, but she feels more trapped than ever because there's no income for her and the kids, and she already feels she overstayed her welcome with friends and relatives after Katrina.

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