Ismaail Ahmed Hamed, left, Avin Ibrahim Yousif, center, and Sedim Ibrahim Yousif wait at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Mich., after arriving on a flight from New York, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007. Hamed’s relatives remain on the other side of the globe after fleeing their native Iraq, but the 25-year-old was welcomed like family Wednesday to his new home of Michigan. Hamed, who left Iraq for Turkey in 2005, is among the first of an influx of Iraqi refugees expected to resettle in the Detroit area after escaping the continued turmoil in their home country. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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