Refugees find safe haven in Oklahoma City
Tluang Bawi smiles and outstretches his hand to two young men he's never met but who look like home.
"This is how we say hello," said Bawi, a refugee from Myanmar . "And we ask where you are from."
The young men tell Bawi where home once was in Myanmar, formerly called Burma. Days ago, they left Malaysia where they'd lived illegally after fleeing their native country.
They left a...
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