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 alone, without their families and with only a few changes of clothes. This year, they are two of 175 refugees who will find a safe home in Oklahoma City.