The Nobel Prize Winners Show the Power of Welcoming Newcomers

Melissa Cruz for Immigration Impact looks at immigrants who won Nobel Prizes:

“When people feel welcomed into a community, great things often happen that benefit the receiving community and even the nation. When newcomers feel accepted and included in a society, it provides them the best shot at harnessing talents they may have otherwise been unable to recognize or pursue.

This has been the case year after year with the Nobel Prize—many are awarded to immigrants and refugees who were given the opportunity to flourish in their new home. The result has been some of the greatest achievements in history, science, literature, and towards peace.

The 2018 Nobel Prize winners are no exception. One of the recipients is a refugee who was able to move from Iraq to Germany through a country-sponsored refugee program. Two other winners—a physicist and economist—are first- and second-generation Americans whose families immigrated to the United States through family-based migration channels.”

Read on to hear specifics about some of the Nobel winners.

KJ