Tag: Refugee Resettlement
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On Human Rights Day, San Diegans Rally For Refugee Rights
By Megan Burks Human Rights Day was Thursday, and hundreds of San Diegans seized the opportunity to draw attention to the contributions and needs of refugees in the region. The Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans organized a 5 p.m. rally at the County Administration Center Waterfront Park “to stand up against hateful rhetoric, and to…
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The AjA Project to Confront Migrant Debate With Airport Mural
The AjA Project interviews and photographs a refugee woman living in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego in this undated photo. | Photo Courtesy of The AjA Project By Megan Burks With the fatal terrorist attack in San Bernardino Wednesday and the massacre in Paris earlier this month, Americans are taking a hard look…
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A Look at How San Diego Resettles Refugees as Syrian Crisis Continues
By Patty Lane, Maureen Cavanaugh and Peggy Pico As European Union ministers hold emergency talks Monday on the migration crisis, the search for a new home remains a big question for millions of Syrians who are fleeing from their war-torn country. President Barack Obama announced Thursday the United States will accept at least 10,000 Syrian…
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Syrians Could Soon Be Next Refugee Group to Call San Diego Home
A line of Syrian refugee women, some carrying children, cross into Jordan from southern Syria. The outflow this year has been staggering. | Photo Credit: UN Refugee Agency By Megan Burks The U.S. State Department announced this week it will take in up to 8,000 Syrian refugees next year, and many of them could settle…
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How the Fall of Saigon Made City Heights a Refugee Hub
Some 50,000 Vietnamese refugees passed through Camp Pendleton in the months following the fall of Saigon. The size and duration of the crisis caused a shift in the way the United States approached resettlement, and paved the path for Burmese, East African and Iraqi refugees arriving in San Diego today. Media Arts Center videographer Brian…